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Australian, 

Maritime & 

Exploration 

Melbourne, Sunday 9 July 2023

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FRONT COVER: 

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BACK COVER: 

Lot 215 

Australian, 

Maritime & 

Exploration 

Part I: Live Auction 

Sunday 9 July 2023, 11am (Lots 1–268) 

Level 1, 885-889 High Street, Armadale, Victoria 3143 

Part II: Timed Online Auction 

Monday 10 July 2023, closing from 10am (Lots 269–547) 

Viewing 

Thursday 6 July 

Friday 7 July 

Saturday 8 July 

10.00am – 5.00pm 

10.00am – 5.00pm 

10.00am – 5.00pm 

Auction Code: Part I: GA047 | Part II: GO047OL 

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Property from the Collection of George Gyori 

Lots 1–71 

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An antique polished brass 

and blackened steel binocular 

microscope, circa 1890 

raised on a horseshoe base, in a fully 

fitted box with a range of eyepieces 

and lenses by makers including Swift 

& Son, W. Watson & Sons, C.Reichert, 

Ross of London 

the microscope 37cm high 

the case 40cm high, 25cm wide, 

17cm deep 

$1,500–2,500 

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A polished brass kaleidoscope 

by George Gyori, after the 

original by William Leigh 

The cylindrical body tube with rack 

and pinion and worm screw geared 

mechanism, with an ebonised handle 

activating two independent periphery 

geared collar tubes rotating at 

different speeds and fitted with two 

mirror angle setting levers, each 

scale engraved from 6-12 

supported on a compass joint with 

rack-work altitude adjustment on 

a mahogany and brass telescopic 

stand and tripod base with ebonised 

castors, levelling screws with acorn 

finials and two circular stretcher 

rings, the outer ring engraved 1. Who 

could, from thy outward case, Half thy 

hidden beauties trace? 2. Who from 

such exterior show, Guess the gems 

within that glow! 3. Emblem of the 

mind divine, Cased within its mortal 

shrine., the inner ring engraved 

'original W. LEIGH, NEWTON MAKER 

C.1822, replica G. Gyori, Melbourne' 

43cm high 

$2,000–3,000 

3 

A cased vintage barograph 

by F. Darton & Co., London, 

circa 1900 

complete with seven bellows, drum 

with paper and a recording arm, 

additional paper to the single drawer, 

maker's cartouche to the interior 


16cm deep 

$500–800 

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A mahogany mounted 

Culpepper microscope, 

early 20th century 

the microscope on a sprung stage 

with a butterfly mouth slide, mounted 

to a mahogany single drawer base 

with bone handle, containing 

additional lenses and slides, in a 

mahogany pyramid form case 

the microscope 30.5cm high 

$2,000–3,000 

5 

A brass portable drum 

sextant by Cary, London, 

mid 19th century 

in original mahogany fitted case 

the sextant 8cm diameter 

the case 4.5cm high, 11.5cm wide, 

9.5cm deep 

$300–500 

6 

A bronze sextant by Troughton, 

London, in a fitted mahogany 

case, circa 1860 

the arc inscribed 'Troughton, London', 

numbered 944 


28cm deep 

$1,500–2,000 

7 

A Prismatic brass surveyor's 

compass, by Stanley, London, 

circa 1900 

with leather carrying case 

and shoulder strap 

7cm diameter (approx.) 

$200–400 

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An octagonal brass sundial 

compass, European, 


in original conforming brass carry 

case 

68mm wide 

$1,000–1,500 

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A miniature sextant by 

Abraham, Liverpool, 


in original mahogany fitted box 

10.5cm wide 

the box 7.5cm high, 15cm wide, 

12.5cm deep 

$3,500–4,500 

10 

A carved Continental wood 

pocket sundial and compass, 

dated 1764 

with precision carved numbers and 

a small stringline, dated to the lid 

interior 

1.5cm high, 6.5cm wide, 4.5cm deep 

$500–700 

11 

An antique French brass 

vineyard setters compass, 

circa 1890s 

together with two brass and black 

metal scientific and surveying 

instruments, late 19th century, one 

raised on a wooden stand marked 

Cary, London 

the largest 20cm high 

$400–600 

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A limited edition Jovilabe Grand Orrery, 

made by George Gyori 

edition three from a limited edition of ten, mounted on an 

ebonised wooden base surmounted by a circular brass 

plate engraved with signs of the Zodiac, months of the 

year and the four seasons, the central stepped and turned 

brass column surmounted by a brass sun, the geared arms 

supporting the planets and moons of earth's solar system 

52cm high, 78cm diameter 

NOTE 

The grand orrery is a mechanical model powered by 

clockwork, that replicates the orbit of the planets of our 

solar system around the sun. The first modern orrery 

was produced in 1704. This contemporary example 

is made of brass and wood. Its baseplate is engraved 

with months, zodiac signs and the four seasons. The 

earliest known example of clockwork technology is 

the Greek made Antikythera mechanism from 87 BC. 

Records and mythology suggest many ancient cultures 

were familiar with clockwork mechanisms, but this 

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knowledge was lost during the Dark Ages. Technology 

with comparable complexity did not re-emerge in Europe 

until the 14th century. 

The present example is an astrological timepiece 

popularised during the Age of Enlightenment. This 

intellectual movement dominated European culture in the 

17th and 18th century. The Enlightenment emphasised 

reason and science over superstition and faith to an 

increasingly literate population. This drove the development 

and dissemination of scientific equipment like orreries. 

This particular orrery models the orbit of the earth and the 

outer planets around the sun. The earth completes a solar 

orbit every 365.256 days. In this journey the earth travels 

940 million kilometres in a counter-clockwise direction 

at a speed of nearly 30 kilometres per second, or 67,000 

miles per hour. 

$18,000–25,000 

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13 

A planetary desk orrery by 

George Gyori, edition two of six 

mounted on a polished brass base 

a plate showing a diagram of the 

night sky and the zodiac, the central 

stepped and turned brass column 

surmounted by a brass sun, the 

geared arms supporting the planets 

and moons of earth's solar system 

32.5cm high 

$6,000–8,000 

14 

A Jovilabe half-size Grand 

Orrery, made by George Gyori 

mounted on an ebonised wooden 

base with a circular brass plate 

engraved with signs of the Zodiac, 

months of the year and the four 

seasons, the central stepped and 

turned brass column surmounted 

by a brass sun, the geared arms 

supporting the planets and moons 

of earth's solar system, hand crank 

mechanism 

36cm high, 29cm diameter, length of 

the arm 34cm 

$8,000–12,000 

15 

A brass planetary orrery 

made by George Gyori, after 

the original by William Jones 

(1851-1856) 

mounted on a tiered wooden base 

with a plate showing a diagram of the 

night sky and the zodiac, the central 

stepped and turned brass column 

surmounted by a brass sun, the 

geared arms supporting the planets 

and moons of earth's solar system 

28cm high 

$3,000–5,000 

16 

An astrolabe planetary orrery 

made by George Gyori, 

after the original by Troughton 

in brass with a faceted wooden 

base and crank mechanism, 

editioned one of ten 

30cm high 

$2,000–3,000 

17 

A limited edition brass orrery, 

made by George Gyori 

edition 1/6, mounted on a polished 

brass base with a plate showing a 

diagram of the night sky and the 

zodiac, the central stepped and 

turned brass column surmounted 

by a brass sun, the geared arms 

supporting the planets and moons 

of earth's solar system, having a 

wooden stand mount with drawer 

enclosing additional features 

the orrery 26cm high 

the case 15cm high, 20.5cm wide, 

28cm deep 

$6,000–8,000 

18 

A compass base brass orrery 

made by George Gyori, 

after the original by William 

Jones (1851-1856) 

editioned one of ten 

45cm high 

$800–1,000 

19 

A brass planetary orrery 

made by George Gyori, after 

the original by William Jones 

(1851-1856) 

on a three legged brass stand with a 

diagrammatic plate 

45cm high 

$800–1,200 

20 

A novelty small cased lawn bowl 

orrery by George Gyori 

with compass finial 

13cm high 

$200–300

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A rare Continental brass and 

steel gear cutting engine, 

Mathias Bramhofer, 1760 

the precision instrument with a 

dividing head, signed Mathias 

Bramhofer (in Augspurg) and dated 

1760, raised on a later wood stand 

20cm high, the base 25cm diameter 

$7,000–9,000 

22 

A small surveyor's instrument, 

a pocket range finder, and a 

Viennese white metal vesta 

case, mid-late 19th century 

the pocket range finder in brass with 

engraved lettering and numbers 

housed in a leather case, the vesta 

stamped 'Joh. Cassel in Wien' 

17.5cm surveying instrument 

$200–300 

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A rare brass and steel fusee 

engine, mid 19th century 

with ebonised handles, mounted 

to a later polished wood base 

20.5cm high, 

the base 20.5 x 10.5cm deep 

$6,000–8,000 

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A brass mandrill lathe, 


with ebonised crank handle, 

raised on a later ebonised base 

24.5cm high, the base 14 x 25cm 

$1,200–1,500 

25 

A brass rolling parallel rule 

by Kilpatrick and Co, London, 

19th century 

the case 4.5cm high, 41cm wide, 

8.5cm deep 

$200–300

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26 

A rare brass and steel fusee 

engine, mid 19th century 

with open brass frame 

and multiple adjustments, 

raised on a later wooden base 

22cm high, the base 24.5 x 13.5cm 

$6,000–8,000 

27 

Two vintage brass surveyors' 

instruments, late 19th century 

the largest 18cm high, 20cm wide, 

15.5cm deep 

$300–400 

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28 

A rare brass watchmaker's gear 

cutting engine, mid 19th century 

polished brass dividing plate, 

with conforming brass handles, 

standing on cast iron legs 

19.5cm high 

$800–1,200 

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29 

A rare gear driven watchmaker's 

topping tool, mid 19th century 

complete with cutters 

and arbors, the precision 

instrument fabricated in 

brass and steel with an 

ebonised handle, mounted to 

a later wood base with single 

drawer containing eight arbors 

and nine cutters 

25cm high 

$2,000–3,000 

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30 

A large and rare brass and steel 

watchmaker's gear cutting 

engine, Swiss, circa 1850 

ebony crank handle, brass dividing 

plate, with polished wood handles, 


36cm high, 57cm wide 

$4,000–6,000 

31 

A portable shagreen 

cased draughtsman set, 


comprising a ruler, compass, 

dipping pens and associated 

draughting instruments housed 

in a hinged hard case 

$100–200 

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32 

A brass and cast iron 

watchmaker's gear cutting 

engine, early 20th century 

with a brass dividing plate, a 

polished wood winding handle, 

crosshatched brass turning knobs, 


31.5cm high 

$2,000–3,000 

33 

A brass and steel watchmaker's 

gear cutting machine, Swiss, 


on cast iron legs 


$3,000–4,000 

34 

A large and rare brass and steel 

watchmaker's depthing tool, 


15cm high, 38.5cm wide, 9cm deep 

$1,800–2,200 

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An Ernst Plank praxinoscope, 

19th century 

with additional image strips 

18cm high, 41cm wide, 11cm deep 

NOTE 

Ernst Plank & Company started 

out in 1866 in Nüremberg Germany 

as a toy-repair shop. Named after 

the company founder, they made 

magic lanterns, steam engines, 

die cast metal planes, boats, cars, 

steamboats and sewing machines 

produced from pressed tin plate. At 

one time it was the second largest 

manufacturer of magic lanterns. 

The company was located at 

Hochfederstrasse 40 in Nüremberg. 

Plank's toys were notable for their 

quality, often being ornate in design 

and more finely finished than other 

manufacturers of that era. 

$1,800–2,500 

36 

Two Roman bronze fibula 

the antique items including one 

of cruci-form with onion shaped 

terminals 

the largest 10.5cm long 

$200–400 

37 

A collection of books on clocks 

and watchmaking 

$100–200 

38 

A group of six books on arms 

and armour 

$100–200 

39 

A group of seven timepiece 

auction catalogues 

$100–200 

40 

A mixed group of books 

on collecting, toolmaking, 

microscopes, Australiana and 

woodworking tools 

$100–200 

41 

A collection of vintage bone 

handled button hooks and 

scissors 

$100–200 

42 

A collection of sterling silver 

napkin rings and spoons 

comprising four rings and two spoons 

$100–200 

43 

A brass desk ornament puzzle 

ball by George Gyori 

5cm high 

$100–200 

44 

A brass desk ornament puzzle 

ball by George Gyori 

5cm high 

$100–200 

45 

An antique cast iron bottle 

corking machine, 19th century 

impressed scrolling acanthus motifs 

to the body, with wood handle 

marked 'U.S.A' 

34cm long 

$400–600 

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46 

A cased marine chronometer 

by Jean-François-Henri Motel, 


with a fusee movement, regulator 

style signed dial and movement, 

helical hair spring with pivoted detent 

escapement by Louis Berthoud, 

numbered 151 

the diameter of the bezel 90mm 

the internal box 13cm high, 

15cm wide, 14.5cm deep 

NOTE 

Jean-Francois Henri Motel was the 

prized student of the renowned 

horologer Louis Berthoud inheriting 

his business as official supplier of 

chronometers to the French Navy. 

$15,000–18,000 

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47 

A Ullysse Nardin deck watch, 

1957 

in original fitted inner and outer box, 

serial number 124743, with original 

rating certificate, circa 1957 

crown wind pin set, to a nickel 

chrome case, white enamel dial, 

fully jewelled 

the dial 6cm diameter 

the outer case 11cm high, 

22.5cm wide, 18.5cm deep 

$5,000–6,000 

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48 

A Patek Philippe deck watch, 

20th century 

quartz movement to a three tier 

mahogany brass bound box 

serial number 1.802.869 


the case 7.5cm high, 12.5cm wide, 

16cm deep 

$4,000–6,000 

49 

A Viennese sedan clock, 

circa 1820 

verge escapement, grand sonnerie 

petite with alarm, the ebonised case 

with a gilt face and spandrels, in 

original fitted leather box, marked J. 

HIRSCHABECK IN MISKOTZ, 


the ebonised case 12.5 x 12.5cm 

$4,000–6,000 

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50 

A ships chronometer made 

by Thomas Russell and Son, 


with a silvered Roman numeral dial, 

gilded hands and housed in a single 

tier box, gimballed fusee detent 

escapement with helical hair spring, 

signed 'Thos Russell & Son, Makers to 

the Queen, London & Liverpool' and 

numbered 2069 to the dial, retailed 

by Kelvin, White and Hutton, the 

mahogany case numbered 5474 



18.5cm deep 

$2,000–3,000 

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51 

A ships chronometer by 

Thomas Mercer, St Albans, 

20th century 

a two tier two day chronometer with a 

silvered signed dial, fusee movement 

with helical hairspring and hairspring 

escapement, retailed by Joseph 

Sewill, Liverpool, numbered 23001, 

in a single tiered box 


the box 21cm high, 27cm wide, 

24cm deep 

$2,500–3,500 

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52 

A pocket watch mechanism 

from a shipwreck 

reputedly from the RMS Lusitania, 

with an accompanying certificate 

from Ocean Liner Memorabilia 

$100–200 

53 

A petite Swiss enamel and gold 

pocket watch, circa 1900 

crown wind and set cylinder 

movement, featuring an enamel dial 

and an enamelled ballerina scene to 

the reverse 

21mm diameter 

$300–400 

54 

A Swiss double dial silver 

chronograph, circa 1900 

silver dial, crown wind pin set 

52mm diameter 

$500–700 

55 

A Swiss double dial silver 


crown wind pin set with full 

calendar moon face to the 

reverse to a silver case 

49mm diameter 

$500–700 

56 

An English fusee lever pulse 

silver pocket watch, 1890's 

key wind key set, white enamel dial 

with large sweep hand 

60mm diameter 

$400–600 

57 

A Swiss fusee verge silver 


white enamel dial with gold hands 

54mm diameter 

$400–600 

58 

A sterling silver English pair 

cased fusee verge pocket 

watch, circa 1810 

with a personalised white enamel 

dial, the movement signed Charles 

Davidson London 

55mm diameter 

$300–400 

59 

An English sterling silver lever 


with a silver and gold dial, the 

movement signed John Forest 

London 

54mm diameter 

$300–400 

60 

An English pair cased fusee 

verge, circa 1715 

white enamel dial with beetle and 

poker hands, the movement signed 

Robert Jackson Gainsborough 

50mm diameter 

$600–800 

61 

An English fusee rack lever 

sterling silver pocket watch, 

circa 1840s 

sterling silver case, the movement 

signed Charles Galli Bath, white 

enamel dial with gold hands 

54mm diameter 

$800–1,000 

62 

An English sterling silver fusee 

lever pocket watch, circa 1860 

with an enamel dial, key wind, key set, 

the movement signed D. Buckingham 

Glasgow 

55mm diameter 

$300–400 

63 

An English fusee sterling silver 

lever pocket watch by William 

Finley Bishop, Auckland, 

circa 1880 

with an enamel dial, key wind and 

key set 

56mm diameter 

$300–400 

64 

A Swiss gunmetal full calendar 

moon face pocket watch, 

circa 1900 

crown wind pin set, calendar, white 

enamel dial, blue steel hands, 

subsidiary seconds, German 

manufacturer, dial signed J Ve Koeln 

53mm diameter 

$600–800 

65 

An English pair cased verge 

pocket watch, late 18th century 

white enamel dial with Turkish 

numerals, movement and dial signed 

Edward Prior, made specifically for 

the Turkish market 

45mm diameter 

$600–800

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A sterling silver Swiss lever, 

circa 1870 

lever, key wind, key set, retailed by MT 

Tobias Liverpool, featuring a silver 

engraved case with duck hunting 

scene to front,fully chased and 

engraved movement, made for the 

Spanish market 

48mm diameter 

$300–400 

67 

A Swiss silver hunter case 


cased and decorated silver case, 

crown wind pin set, fancy chased 

movement made for the Spanish 

market 

50mm diameter 

$500–700 

70 

A French silver single cased 

verge fusee pocket watch, 

circa 1690 

champleve dial with single hand, the 

movement 1690 Bobillier a Besancon, 

to a pierced chased silver case 

52mm diameter 

$4,000–6,000 

71 

A Longines 14ct gold 

chronograph pocket watch, 

circa 1920 

crown wind pin set, white enamel dial 

with constant seconds 30 minute 

register, signed case dial movement, 

fully jewelled Swiss lever movement 

54mm diameter 

$5,500–6,500 

68 

A Swiss double dial 

chronograph pocket watch, 

circa 1900 

with a round white enamel dial with 

sub seconds at six, crown wind pin 

set, silver case 

52mm diameter 

$400–600 

69 

A Swiss open face 'one minute' 

Tourbillon chronometer pocket 

watch by Fureur, circa 1900 

with a white enamel dial within a gun 

metal case, lever escapement, and 

movement signed Fureur, B.C.G.DC, 

numbered 34394 

54mm diameter 

$5,000–6,000

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Jewellery 

Lots 72–94 

72 

An Arts and Crafts opal and 

gold brooch 

Openwork navette design, set 

with eight opal doublets amongst 

foliage, crafted in 15ct gold, 

total weight 5.05gms. 

$500–700 

73 

An opal triplet and diamond ring 

The large oval opal triplet surrounded 

by a row of twenty eight round 

brilliant cut diamonds set in 9ct white 

gold, total weight 24.4gms. 

$600–800 

74 

A Rhoda Wager style gold and 

opal brooch 

Centrally set with an oval opal 

doublet within a lozenge shaped 

frame with gum leaf decoration, 

crafted in 9ct rose gold, 


$400–600 

75 

An opal and diamond modernist 

ring 

Rectangular solid white opal panel 

measuring 19.5 x 8.5mm, offset by 

a vertical row of four round brilliant 

cut diamonds totalling 0.90cts, 

18ct white gold, total weight 17gms. 

$1,000–1,500 

76 

A pink diamond ring 

Rough cut pink diamond weighing 

0.60cts, set in 14ct rose gold, 

independent valuation and 

paperwork. Retailed by Rough 

Diamond. DK Fine Jewellery 

by Maya Bjornsten. 

$2,500–3,000 

77 

An Australian antique gold 

wedder 

By D.P Griffiths, the half round 

band crafted in 15ct gold, 


$500–700

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73 

75 

76 

77

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78 

78 

A gold bracelet 

Large curb link bracelet finished 

with a heart padlock and safety 

chain, crafted in 9ct gold, 


$1,200–1,500 

79 


Of gate link design, finished with 

a heart padlock and safety chain, 

crafted in 9ct gold, total weight 

22.05gms, Australian hallmark. 

$550–750 

80 


Of gate link design finished with heart 

padlock and safety chain, crafted in 

9ct gold, total weight 36.75gms. 

$900–1,200 

81 

A 18ct gold Swiss cylinder 


with a silver dial engraved with a 

riverside village scene, with gold 

Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds 

dial, key wind and key set, and 

attached to a plaited horsehair and 

rose gold engraved banded fob 

46mm diameter 

$600–800 

82 

A Georgian pear cased 

tortoiseshell and gilt pocket 

watch, Noble London, circa 1790 

the watch with fusee verge 

movement, signed, with white enamel 

dial, Roman numerals with gold 

beetle and poker hands 

50mm diameter 

$400–600 

83 

An antique Australian gold 

card holder 

Rectangular hinged form, engraved 

initials to the polished case SET, 

crafted in 9ct gold, retailed by 

P Proud, total weight 38.90gms. 

$900–1,200 

84 

A gold nugget and diamond 

pendant 

The free form gold nugget 

suspended from a pave set diamond 

bale, total weight 8.45gms. 

$500–700

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85 

A Rolex rolled gold pocket watch 

retailed by Dunklings and a 9ct 

gold fob chain, circa 1920 

circular white dial with black Arabic 

numerals and sub seconds at six, 

signed Dunklings Rolex Swiss Made, 

inner lid inscribed, suspended from a 

gold curb chain, with two swivel clips, 

t-bar and a circular medallion with a 

map of Tasmania and rope twist detail 

50mm diameter 

fob chain 27.55gms 

$2,000–3,000 

86 

A Rolex rolled gold hunter pocket 

watch, retailed by Dunklings, 

circa 1920 

with an enamel dial with Roman 

numerals, the curvette with 

sentiment 'H. C Putland on his 21st 

birthday', with 15 jewel movement, 

signed movement and dial 

50mm diameter 

$600–800 

85 

86

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87 

Three Australian gold 

sovereigns 

Full gold sovereigns dated 1904, 

1908, 1910, Perth Mint. 

$2,000–2,500 

88 

An Australian gold sovereign 

Full gold sovereign 1902, Melbourne 

Mint, 8gms. 

$650–850 

89 

An Australian gold sovereign 

Full gold sovereign dated 1907, 

Sydney Mint, 8gms. 

$650–850 

87 

90 

An Australian $200 gold 

commemorative coin 

Commemorating the marriage of 

Prince Charles to Lady Diana, 1981, 

total weight 10gms 

$800–1,000 

90

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91 

91 

An Australian commemorative 

gold medallion set with 

Churchill and Menzies 

A gold medallion set, one depicting 

Sir Winston Churchill, the other 

Sir Robert Menzies, coat of arms 

featuring the lion and kangaroo to 

verso, in 18ct gold, fitted box, total 

weight 109.7gms. 

$4,500–5,500 

92 

Two Australian $200 gold coins 

$1,500–2,000 

92

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93 

93 

An antique Australian Royal 

Reception Committee locket 

Oval hinged form overlaid with a red 

and white enamelled flag to a blue 

enamel ground, applied gold lettering 

Royal Reception Committee to a 

fleur-de-lys bale. Hand engraved to 

the reverse '' Visit of the Queen to St 

Paul's Cathedral on the 27th February 

1872, being the day of thanksgiving 

for the restoration to the health HRH 

The Prince of Wales, JT Bedford 

Esq." With photographs of Queen 

Victoria and The Prince of Wales 

to the interior, crafted in 18ct gold, 

total weight 30.45gms 

$1,600–2,200 

94 

A Tasmanian Exhibition gold 

medal pendant 

Gold medal with inscription amongst 

laurel leaves, having a fine scroll 

pendant surmount, total weight 

7.55gms 

$400–600 

94

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Silver 

Lots 95–113 

95 

A silver Northern Agricultural 

Society trophy, attributed to 

William Edwards, circa 1875 

goblet shaped with knopped 

stem and scroll handles, repoussé 

decorated to the body depicting 

a horse in a farmyard setting, 

inscription to a tree framed 

cartouche, with embossed floral 

decorations and cabochons to the 

foot, apparently unmarked 

27cm high, weight of silver 505gms 

$5,000–8,000 

95

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96 

An Australian sterling silver presentation waiter, 

William Edwards, circa 1867 

featuring a richly embossed Neoclassical border with 

panther, vines, urns and masks enclosed by laurel leaf rim, 

raised on cast paw feet, the tray with engraved grapevines, 

birds and inscription: 

"Presented To George James Shepard Esq. As A Light 

Recognition Of The Valuable Services Which He Has 

Rendered As Honorary Secretary To The Committee & 

Congregation Of Trinity Church, Fitzroy Square In The 

Diocese Of Melbourne, Dec. 31st, 1867", hallmarked WE 

flanked by kangaroo and emu 

23.5cm diameter, silver weight: 545gms 

$4,000–6,000 

97 

An Australian sterling silver trophy, 

The 1873 Sunbury Cup, for greyhound coursing, 

attributed to Edward Fischer (1828-1911) 

a chased and engraved Etruscan style urn with a waisted 

neck and flying scroll handles, reserved with a greyhound 

in a landscape setting on a stippled ground, a hunting 

scene depicting greyhounds chasing a hare to the reverse, 

inscribed to the neck 'NICODEMUS.' above 'WINNER 

OF THE SUNBURY CUP / being the first run for in the 

Colony / owned and bred by FREDERICK ROW / 1873', 

raised on a turned wood base, unmarked 

27cm high; 35.5cm high including the base 

PROVENANCE 

Sotheby's, Sydney, Russell Crowe: The Art of Divorce, 

7 April 2018, Lot 155 

$8,000–12,000 

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The sterling silver Centenary of Melbourne 

Birthday Clock Cake, James W. Steeth & Son, 

1934 

in sterling silver and silver gilt featuring five tiers with 

candles, kangaroo and emu emblems, a clock mechanism 

with an enamel dial with hour markings reading 

BIRTHDAY CAKE, and featuring the female figures of 

Peace and Prosperity and gold boomerang hands, with 

engraved plaque to the ebonised base CENTENARY 

OF MELBOURNE 1834-1934, the first tier featuring a 

gilt map of Victoria and the wording SUPPLIED BY THE 

MYER EMPORIUM LTD. MELBOURNE, and engraved 

verso, J W STEETH & SON, MAKERS, ARCO HOUSE 

MELBOURNE, each tier and and various components 

marked sterling 

46cm high, 33cm diameter (ebonised base) 

4.5kg silver weight (approx) 

$30,000–50,000 

The Centenary of Melbourne Birthday Cake Clock, 1934 

In 1934-35 Melbourne marked its centenary year with 

great aplomb with John Batman’s much lauded 1835 diary 

entry: ‘This will be the place for a village’, providing the 

springboard for nearly a year of events and pageantry. 

Victoria and Melbourne, along with the rest of the country, 

was reeling from the devastating effects of the Great 

Depression, (in 1933 one in three breadwinners was 

unemployed), but the appointed Centenary Celebrations 

Council clearly relished presenting Melbourne as a city of 

growth, prosperity and modernity. Some 300 centenary 

events ran from October 1934 to June 1935 including a 

Royal tour by Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester whose 

speech to formally open the Centenary firmly cemented 

ties between Victoria’s settlement and the founding 

of Melbourne with Empire; an International Centenary 

Air Race sponsored by Macpherson Robertson, of 

chocolate making renown; a splendid Centenary People’s 

Fair, ‘Joyland’, on Batman Avenue on the banks of the 

Yarra; the baking of a gigantic birthday cake, and; the 

Centenary All-Australian Exhibition, events showcasing 

the endeavour, ‘happiness’ and progress of the city 

of one million people. 

The Centenary Birthday cake was a spectacle. A fruit 

cake of five tiers, weighing an extraordinary 10 tons and 

comprising 36 000 eggs, 1½ tons each of sugar and butter, 

4 ½ tons of mixed fruit and other ‘all Australian’ ingredients 

it was enthusiastically reported as the world’s largest cake 

ever made, baked by confectioner George Rath, of the 

Astoria café in Swanston Street. Contemporary accounts 

note that following the official cutting of the cake, some 

250 000 slices were wrapped, decoratively tinned and sold 

for one shilling to benefit various charities. For a lucky few, 

a gold sovereign was included with 100 of the packages. 

The cake was displayed in ‘The Birthday Cake Building’, 

unsurprisingly a multi-tiered cake shaped pavilion several 

storeys high in ‘Joyland’, which also offered a refreshment 

hall and a Dance Palais for patrons. 

The five tiers of the Centenary cake were replete with 

symbolism. A booklet published for the People’s Fair, 

‘Souvenir of Victoria’s Centenary Birthday cake’, loosely 

and fancifully chronicled the history of the State of Victoria 

and Melbourne, ‘as told by the cake’. Fair attendees were 

encouraged to enter the Cake Competition, collecting 

coupons to put into their souvenir booklets in the hope 

of winning a monetary prize. First prize, valued at 500 

pounds, was a solid silver Birthday Cake Clock replicating 

the splendid edible centenary cake. 

We know two versions of the cake exist, one small and 

one large. Both Birthday Cake Clocks, commissioned 

and supplied by the Myer Emporium, were fabricated by 

James Steeth and Son, notable Melbourne silversmiths 

and makers of the Melbourne Cup. The small mantel-piece 

sized cake clock, reputedly the competition first prize and 

apparently unclaimed, now resides in the collection of the 

National Gallery of Victoria, acquired in 1987. 

At nearly twice the size of the NGV artefact, we can 

postulate that the impressive five tier Cake Clock, now 

presented by Gibson’s, was the model reportedly on public 

display during the centenary celebrations. 

But how this extraordinary Centenary Birthday Cake Clock, 

with kangaroo and emu, imaginative depiction of the 

treaty between Batman and indigenous peoples, candles, 

clock mechanism with the dial depicting the maidens of 

Peace and Prosperity, ended up on a far North Queensland 

property, ‘out the back of nowhere’ in an old milk crate in a 

shed, is a mystery. Reputedly sold by Leonard Joel in 1983 

it disappeared into obscurity and was discovered only late 

last year. This marvellous confection, a truly important 

piece of Melbourne history and an artefact of its time, 

has kept its secrets well in the intervening years, and now 

rightly deserves its place in a public collection. 

Dennice Collett

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99 

A rare Australian Colonial 

sterling silver teaspoon by 

Alexander Dick, 1837 

the 'fiddle pattern' spoon, crisply 

hallmarked to underside with 

'lightning bolt' mark 

25gms 

$800–1,000 

99 

100 

A sterling silver presentation 

porringer with grotesque 

dragon handles in the 

17th century manner, William 

Comyns & Sons, London 1893 

with gadroons and embossed and 

prick worked borders in the William 

and Mary style, inscribed below the 

lip: 'presented to Captain R.G Murray 

R.N.R by passenger friends, Britannia, 

Aug. 93.' hallmarked underside and 

with retailer's stamp for Goldsmith & 

Silversmiths Company, London 

8.5cm high, 10.5cm bowl width, 

255gms 

NOTE 

Shipping news from the South 

Australian Register, 11 July 1893, 

records the departure of the steamer 

Britannia on its voyage from Port 

Adelaide to London under the 

command of Captain R. G. Murray 

$500–600 

100

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101 

101 

A George III sterling silver 

tankard marked 'Latona', 

John Crouch II or John Cowie, 

London 1815 

the straight-sided tankard with 

threaded girdles, engraved 'Latona' 

twice, and with an engraved image 

of the frigate within a laurel wreath, 

hallmarked below rim 

9cm high, 170 gms 

NOTE 

HMS Latona was a 36-gun, fifth-rate 

frigate of the Royal Navy that served 

during the American, and French 

Revolutionary wars, the Napoleonic 

Wars, later serving in the Baltic and 

Caribbean among other theatres. In 

1810 Latona served as a troopship 

and later recommissioned as a 

warship serving as the flagship of 

Admiral Sir William Johnstone Hope. 

Latona was sold in 1816. 

$1,000–1,400 

101 (Detail)

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102 

102 

A silver and oak presentation 

plaque for the St Kilda Yacht 

Club for the season 1899-1900 

the shield 35 x 36cm 

$1,500–2,500 

103 

A sterling silver mounted 

Blackwood boomerang, 


the boomerang set with small 

shaped plaque inscribed "The 

Countess of Stradbroke from 

members of the William Forster 

Try Boys Society", together with 

two red gum spinning tops 

the boomerang 43cm 

$200–400 

104 

Two miniature sterling silver 

animal figurines, Stuart Devlin, 

London 1975 and 1980 

featuring an open mouthed 

hippopotamus apparently squashing 

a distressed rodent, and a British 

bulldog, both with a textured gold 

wash and oxidised finish; both 

hallmarked 

hippopotamus 4cm high, 165 gms 

$250–300 

105 

A silver mounted horn beaker, 

19th century 

the shield inscribed '1888 Redcliff 

Rowing Club Coxswains Prize 

E.W.H.Halliday' 

15cm high 

$300–500 

106 

A sterling silver oblong card 

tray, William Drummond & Co, 

London 1926 

of plain form with everted straight 

sides, marks for retailer William 

Drummond & co, Melbourne; 

hallmarked underside 

12.5 x 9cm, 90gms 

$100–140 

107 

A sterling silver tankard 

by J.M. Wendt, Adelaide, 1899 

engraved 'J Hurford A token of 

esteem and respect from Viscount 

Gormanston 1899' 

with giltwashed interior, crisply 

hallmarked to base 

11cm high, weight of silver 375gms 

$1,500–2,500

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108 

A sterling silver pug dog 

buttonhook, Crisford & Norris 

Ltd., Birmingham 1906 

doubled faced, the pug with collar 

and glass eyes, the stem with 

acanthus and stiff leaf motifs to a 

steel hook, hallmarked the stem 

17.4cm long 

$150–250 

109 

A group of mostly sterling silver 

boot buttonhooks, makers 

include Adie & Lovekin, Wilsdorf 

& Davis, probably Jones & 

Crompton, Synyer & Beddoes, 

Birmingham, Sheffield, London, 

late 19th to early 20th century 

variously shaped and decorated 

including an Art Nouveau hook 

featuring a long haired woman 

surrounded by floral tendrils, mostly 

hallmarked 

25cm approx 

$400–600 

110 

A large group of sterling silver 

buttonhooks, various makers 

including Adie & Lovekin 

Ltd, William Devenport, and 

probably Henry Matthews, 

Birmingham, London, Chester 

and Sheffield, late 19th to 


sixteen variously shaped and 

decorated hooks in Art Nouveau, 

Neoclassical and Rococo revival 

designs, all with steel shafts and all 

hallmarked 

23cm, longest boot hook 

$500–700 

112 

A Chinese .900 silver 

presentation bowl, 

Wang Hing & Co, Hong Kong, 

late 19th/early 20th century 

reticulated with confronting 

dragons and a flaming pearl 

amidst swirling clouds, raised on a 

straight-sided foot ring engraved, 

'H.M.S Minotaur quarter mile 1911', 

silver marks to base 

6cm high, 11cm diameter, 175gms 

NOTE 

Launched in 1906, HMS Minotaur was 

the lead ship of the Minotaur-class 

armoured cruisers built for the 

Royal Navy, serving as the flagship 

of the China Station prior to 

the First World War. After the 

outbreak of war, HMS Minotaur 

transported Australian troop 

convoys during November of 1914 

$500–600 

113 

A Ballarat Regatta 

presentation set of fish 

knives and forks, awarded to 

H. H Storrer Maiden Eights, 

Barwon Rowing Club 1914 

the cased set with engraved 

silver plate blades and tines 

and ivorine handles 

HISTORY 

Captain H.H. Storrer (Henry, known 

as 'Harry'), sportsman and champion 

rower with the Barwon Rowing club 

joined the Australian Flying Corps 

in 1916 and saw service in the first 

Australian Flying Unit on the Western 

Front as Flight Commander of 69 

Squadron. He perished in a crash 

over Flanders in 1917. 

$200–300 

111 

A sterling silver tankard 

by Thomas Stokes & Sons, 

Melbourne, early 20th century 

the classic baluster shaped tankard 

with a waisted foot and scroll handle, 

with later engraving 'J.R.G.C. 1950' 

11.5cm high, 240gms silver weight 

$200–300 

108

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Art 

Lots 114–133 

114 

WAYNE STRICKLAND 

(BORN 1949) 

Tough Going 1987 

bronze 

incised with initials and dated: WS 87 

inscribed with title and editioned on 

plaque: 'TOUGH GOING' / BRONZE 

/ BY WAYNE STRICKLAND / 

(ARTISTS COPY) 

24cm high, 27cm wide (irregular) 

PROVENANCE 

Anvil Gallery, Wodonga 

$600–900 

115 

AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL 

Landscape 

oil on board 

signed lower left: Ernest Buckmaster 

42.5 x 53cm 

$600–800 

116 

S.T. GILL (1818-1880) 

Victorian Goldfields 

thirty four engravings 

each signed with initials and titled 

printed in image: S. T. G. 

20 x 16cm (each) 

$800–1,200 

114

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116

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117 

COLONIAL SCHOOL 

Seated Lady in Blue Dress with 

Bouquet of Flowers, circa 1855 

watercolour 

17 x 17cm 

$1,500–2,500 

117 

118 


Portrait of Jan Ann Field, 

circa 1850 

watercolour 

inscribed verso: J. A. Field 

April 16th 1852 aged 5 years 

15.5 x 11cm 

$1,500–2,500 

118 

119 

LANCE BRESSOW (BORN 1942) 

Head in Profile 

relief sculpture Carrara marble 

raised on a Carrara marble base 

signed lower right: BRESSOW 

40cm high, 36cm wide, 

15cm deep (base) 

PROVENANCE 

McInnes Galleries, Brisbane, 1976 

Christie's, Brisbane, Paintings and 

Furniture from the Ian Callinan 

Collection, 11 December 1994, Lot 274 

$800–1,000

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120 

120 

CHARLES REGINALD FORD 

(NEW ZEALAND, 1880-1972) 

Sketches from the 1901-04 British National 

Antarctic Expedition; Some of the Inhabitants and 

A View of Royal Society Ranges, circa 1904 

watercolour on paper 

each initialled lower right: CRF 

each bear inscription on left hand margin 

12 x 20cm 

NOTE 

Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge University. 

Charles Reginald Ford was born in London in 1880. He 

joined the Royal Navy at the age of fifteen and volunteered 

for the British National Antarctic Expedition 1901-04 

(Discovery), led by Robert Falcon Scott, who he acted as 

steward for. Additionally he served as Scott's secretary 

and accountant. In 1903, while nursing a broken leg from 

a skiing accident, he participated in a sledging trip to lay a 

depot for the Southern Party at Minna Bluff. 

After returning to Britain, Ford was charged with 

completing the expedition's financial affairs, including the 

sale of the expedition ship Discovery. As a winner of the 

Polar Medal (silver) Ford later toured England in his role as 

Scott's secretary during his lecture tour. Ford himself later 

lectured in Canada and Australia. 

Ford died on 19 May 1972 in Auckland, New Zealand, as the 

last survivor of the British National Antarctic Expedition. 

He is commemorated for his work in the Antarctic with 

Ford Spur (84°51' S 173°50' E). 

$3,000–5,000

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122 

121 

ARTHUR MURCH (1902-1989) 

Two Pioneer Women 

oil on canvas on board 

159.5 x 98.5cm 

© Arthur Murch/Copyright Agency, 2023 

PROVENANCE 

Christie's, Melbourne, Australian and European Paintings, 

Prints & Photographs, 6 December 1994, Lot 277 

EXHIBITED 

Arthur Murch: A Painting Retrospective, Campbelltown 

City Art Gallery, Sydney, September - October 1992 

NOTE 

This painting has been previously catalogued as 

'Study for Project Mural of the Macarthur family' 

$3,000–5,000 

122 

MIRIAM MOXHAM (1885-1971) 

Sport of Kings - The Preliminary, Randwick 

Racecourse, Sydney 1945 

oil on masonite 

signed and dated lower right: Miriam Moxham 45 

inscribed and titled verso: MIRIAM MOXHAM SPORT OF 

KINGS - THE PRELIMINARY 

56 x 114.5cm 

PROVENANCE 

Christie's, Sydney, Australian & International Art, 

17 August 1999, Lot 105 

Private Collection, NSW 

EXHIBITED 

Sulman Prize 1945, cat no. 8 

$8,000–10,000

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123 

ARTHUR BURGESS (1879-1957) 

The Arrival of a Sailing Ship 

watercolour 

signed lower right: 

ARTHUR J BURGESS 

65 x 90.5cm 

PROVENANCE 

Christie's, Brisbane, Paintings and 

Furniture from the Ian Callinan 

Collection, 11 December 1994, Lot 66 

$1,000–1,500 

124 

WILLIAM HENRY RAWORTH 

(NEW ZEALAND, 1821-1904) 

From Mossman's Bay 1873 

watercolour 

signed, dated and titled lower left 

and right: W H Raworth / 1873 / 

From Mossman's Bay 

46.5 x 71.5cm 

PROVENANCE 

Sotheby's, Sydney, Fine Australian 

Paintings, 22 November 1992, Lot 143 

Lawson~Menzies, Sydney, Australian 

Sporting History, 27 June 2005, 

Lot 228 

Private Collection, Melbourne 

$1,200–1,500 

125 

JACK LOUIS KOSKIE 

(1914-1997) 

Matthew Flinders and George 

Bass in the Tom Thumb 

oil on board 

signed lower right: KOSKIE 

80.5 x 96.5cm 

$400–600

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126 

JOHN C ALLCOT (1888-1973) 

Monkbarns 1949 

oil on canvas 

signed, dated and titled lower 

left and right: JOHN AllCOT 49 

MONKBARNS 

49.5 x 60cm 

$1,000–2,000 

127 


Tall Ship in the Mist 

oil on board 

signed lower left: JOHN AllCOT 

19.5 x 24.5cm 

$600–800 

127

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128 

128 

KEITH NAMATJIRA (1938-1977) 

Ghost Gums, Central Australia 

watercolour 

signed lower centre: Keith Namatjira 

34 x 51.5cm 

$800–1,200 

129 

EWALD NAMATJIRA 

(1930-1984) 

Rocky Outcrops, Central 

Australian Landscape 

watercolour 

signed lower right: Ewald Namatjira 

36 x 51cm 

$800–1,200 

130 

EWALD NAMATJIRA 

(1930-1984) 

The Ghost Gum, 

Near Hermannsburg 

watercolour 

signed lower right: Ewald Namatjira 

35.5 x 57.5cm 

$1,000–1,500

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129 

130

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131 

NEVILLE CAYLEY (1886-1950) 

Magpie 1902 

watercolour 

signed and dated lower right: 

Neville Cayley / 1902 

50 x 62cm 

PROVENANCE 

Private collection, Melbourne 

$500–800 

131 

132 

A pair of Mardbalk and 

Bula Bula Arts woven baskets 

43cm high, 32cm high 

$500–800 

132

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133 

JOHN GOULD (1804-1881) 

Halmaturus Agilis 

colour lithograph 

published by Hullmandel & Walton, 

London 

51.5 x 33cm 

PROVENANCE 

The John Gould Collection from 

his personal library certificate of 

authenticity from Ebes Douwma/ 

Sotheby's 

$800–1,200 

133

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The Robert Law Collection – Part III 

Lots 134–149 

Robert Law (1870-1930) was Assayer (1890-1918), Chief Chemist 

and Refiner at the Royal Mint, Melbourne. Aside from his 

successful career Robert Law lived with great ambition to achieve 

more beyond his primary career. He was a steadfast athlete, 

scientifically inclined, and a brilliant amateur photographer 

for most of his life. Law documented his travels and collected 

other photographers' works along the way, amounting to over 

1000 slides (all of which were donated to the Royal Historical 

Society of Victoria in the 1930s). He captured everyday life and 

street scenes of Melbourne that retain immense socio-historical 

significance in the city’s archive. 

Law had a keen eye for talent and amassed a very well-curated 

collection of some of the best local artists from his generation, 

including Walter Withers, John Mather, Arthur Merric Boyd Senior 

and Blamire Young. We are fortunate to present Robert Law’s 

private art collection to the market for the first time, diligently 

preserved and handed down through three generations. 

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57 

135 

134 

ESTHER MULLETT (1862-1947) 

Cattle by the River 

oil on canvas 

signed lower right: Esther Mullett 

49.5 x 79.5cm 

PROVENANCE 

The Robert Law Collection, 

Melbourne 

Thence by descent 

$300–500 

135 

ROBERT CAMM (1847-1933) 

In the Sound 


signed lower right: Robert Camm 

15.5 x 24 cm 

PROVENANCE 


Melbourne 


$300–400 

136 


Moored Boats 

watercolour 

12 x 19cm 

PROVENANCE 


Melbourne 


$200–400 

137 

ROBERT LAW (1870-1930) 

Maritime Scenes 

six photographs 


PROVENANCE 


Melbourne 


$100–200 

138 

JOHN MATHER (1848-1916) 

Aboriginal Woman 

etching 

signed on margin: J Mather 

12 x 8cm 

PROVENANCE 


Melbourne 


$200–300 

139 


Foreshore Trees 

etching 

signed on margin: J Mather 

12 x 16.5cm 

PROVENANCE 


Melbourne 


$200–400

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140 


Gippsland Lakes 1903 

etching 

signed with initials and dated in plate: 

J M 6.03 

11.5 x 11.5cm (image size) 

PROVENANCE 


Melbourne 


$200–400 

141 

CHARLES (CHARLIE) HILLS 

(1886-1963) 

Princes Bridge, Melbourne 

watercolour 

signed lower right: C HILLS 

20.5 x 22.5cm 

PROVENANCE 


Melbourne 


$200–400 

142 

J B LAVER 

From the Hilltop 

watercolour 

signed lower right: J B Laver 

29 x 39cm 

PROVENANCE 


Melbourne 


$200–400 

143 


Landscape 

oil on board 

17.5 x 22.5cm 

PROVENANCE 


Melbourne 


$200–400 

144 


The Sailing Boat 

oil on board 

20 x 14.5cm 

PROVENANCE 


Melbourne 


$200–400 

145 

ALBERT ERNEST NEWBURY 

(1891-1941) 

Summer Light 


signed lower left: A E NEWBURY 

23.5 x 33.5cm 

PROVENANCE 


Melbourne 


$300–500 

146 


(1891-1941) 

A Country Road 



21.5 x 26.5cm 

PROVENANCE 


Melbourne 


$200–400 

147 


(1891-1941) 

Landscape 

oil on board 


23 x 18 cm 

PROVENANCE 


Melbourne 


$300–500 

148 


(1891-1941) 

River Bank 


signed lower right: A E NEWBURY 

22 x 26.5cm 

PROVENANCE 


Melbourne 


$300–500

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149 

149 

JOHN ROWELL (1894-1973) 

At Dawn 

oil on canvas 

signed lower left: John Rowell 

signed and titled verso: John Rowell 

"At Dawn" 

29 x 39.5 cm 

PROVENANCE 


Melbourne 


$300–500

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Photography 

Lots 150–201 

150 

Kerry & Co. Album of photographs of Australia, 

early 1890s 

24 ALBUMEN PRINTS (250 x 202mm., or the 

reverse),mounted on thick card, recto only, all but one 

with the photographer's blind stamp in the image, most 

with negative number and caption in the image, some 

with pencil captions on the mount, contemporary red half 

roan gilt, upper cover lettered in gilt "T. & E.A.W." (see 

provenance) 

PROVENANCE 

Sotheby's, New Bond Street London, Travel, Atlases, Maps 

& Natural History, Sale L17401, lot 91 

Given as a wedding present in 1895 to Tom and Edith 

A. Whittle (of Felixstowe, Suffolk) by Edith's brother Hugh 

Thompson who had emigrated to Australia in April 1889 

thence by family descent. 

List of the photographs: 

1. Handwritten caption: The Heads, Port Jackson. 

2. Printed caption: ‘1248 Botanical Gardens from 

Australian Club Kerry Photo Sydney’. 

3. Printed caption: ‘Elizabeth Bay & Potts Point. 1700 

Kerry Photo Sydney’. 

4. Printed caption: ‘Manley, Harbour Side. 1667 Kerry 

Photo Sydney’. 

5. Printed caption: ‘Circular Quay – East Side No 208’. 

6. Printed caption: ‘George Street Sydney 578 [?]’. 

7. Handwritten caption: ‘The Town Hall, Sydney’. 

8. Printed caption: ‘Centennial Hall & Organ, Sydney, no. 

223 Kerry & Co’. 

9. Printed caption: ‘548. Gen. Post Office. Kerry Photo 

Sydney’. 

10. Printed caption: ‘1923. Weeping Rock – Wentworth, 

Kerry Photo Sydney’. 

11. Printed caption: 1775. Katoomba Fall from the Lookout 

Kerry Photo Sydney Sydney’. 

12. Printed caption: ‘1771. Katoomba Falls Kerry Photo 

Sydney’ 

13. Handwritten caption: The Fishing Rock, Clifton, 

Illawarra’. 

14. Handwritten caption: ‘Cabbage Trees, Stanwell Park, 

Illawarra’. 

15. Printed caption: ‘Giant Fig Tree [illegible] ft Circ. No 

361 [561?] Kerry & Co’. 

16. Printed caption: ‘1215 The Avenue, Lady C Bowl[?], N. 

Park. Kerry Photo Sydney’. 

17. Printed caption: ‘1210 The Elbow. Hacking R. Kerry 

Photo Sydney’. 

18. Printed caption: ‘1592. Camel Trains. Wanaaring Road. 

Warrego District. Kerry Photo Sydney’. 

19. Handwritten caption: ‘Rosebrook Crossing. Coomera’ 

[?illegible]. 

20. Printed caption: ‘1907. “Nerelle”. Princess, Moruya 

Tribe, N.S.W. Kerry Photo Sydney’. 

21. Smiling indigenous man – printed caption illegible. 

22. Printed caption: Wermugga Corroboree. Kerry Photo 

Sydney’ [An identical photo formed part of the ‘Wild 

Australia’ exhibition at the University of Queensland in 

2015: https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2015/02/ 

wild-australia-photos-brought-light] 

23. Printed caption: ‘Kangaroo. 436. Kerry Photo Sydney’. 

24. Printed caption: ‘Emu and Young. 879. Kerry Photo 

Sydney’. 

$2,000–3,000 

151 

The Australia Album, 1972-1974 

Leather bound portfolio of 52 vintage gelatin silver 

photographs 

edition: 6/8, 

signed 'Jon Rhodes' and inscribed with edition number on 

3rd last sheet, 

12 x 18 cm 

PROVENANCE 


EXHIBITED 

These images were exhibited in another format at The 

National Gallery of Victoria, 1977 and The Australian 

Centre for Photography, Sydney, 1978. 

LITERATURE 

A select list of published images from the album include: 

No.33, John Jakamarra - Papunya Tula, Genesis and 

Genius, AGSW, 2000, p216. No.43, Yumpululu Tjungurrayi - 

Papunya Tula, Genesis and Genius, AGSW, 2000, p219. 

This is a collection of 52 black and white photographs from 

rural and outback Australia, taken between 1972 and 1974. 

The photographs, gentle with a wry humour, are portraits 

of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people with an emphasis 

on the landscape in which they live. (ref: artist's statement) 

$4,000–6,000 

152 

Three early albumen photographs of Sydney 

and NSW, late 19th century 

comprising two photographs by HENRY KING (1855-1923) 

showing views of 171 Woolloomooloo Bay and Sydney 

Harbour, together with a photograph by JOHN PAINE 

(1833-1908) showing a view of Farm Cove, NSW 

each titled and inscribed on image in negative 

the largest 20 x 13cm 

$200–300

61 

150

62 

153 

ALFRED GREGORY (1913-2010) 

Lake Camp - Gorup Shek 

Mt Everest 1953 

silver gelatin photograph 

printed 1980 

signed lower right: Gregory 

signed, dated and titled verso: 

EVEREST 1953/ LAKE CAMP 

- GORUP SHEK/ Morris? 

Westmacott?/ Alfred Gregory 

20 x 20cm 

$250–350 

154 


Pugh and Stores at Entrance to 

Base Camp Mt Everest 1953 


printed 1980 

signed, dated, inscribed and titled 

verso: EVEREST 1953/ Pugh + 

stores at entrance Base Camp/ 

Alfred Gregory 

20 x 20cm 

$400–600 

155 


Summit from South Col (26,000 

feet) Mt Everest 1953 


printed 1980 

signed lower right: Alfred Gregory 

signed, dated and titled verso 

29 x 23cm 

$400–600 

156 


Hillary Coming Up to Highest 

Camp at 28,000 Feet 


pigment print printed 2003 


EVEREST FIRST ASCENT 1953/ 

Hillary coming up to Highest camp at 

28,00 feet/ 8500m/ Alfred Gregory 

18 x 11cm 

$500–700 

157 


Rwenzori Mountain, Uganda 

1957 

photograph printed 2003 

signed and title on margin: 

Rwenzori Uganda 

signed and titled on verso: UGANDA 

- RWENZORI/ Alfred Gregory 

40 x 28cm 

$400–600 

158 


Porter Crossing Crevasse, 

Wilf Noyce with Marker Flags 



signed, titled, dated and inscribed 

verso: Alfred Gregory/ Porter 

crossing crevasse/ Wilf Noyce with 

marker flags/ Everest 1953 

18 x 12.5cm 

$250–350 

159 


Mt Everest First Ascent 1953 


printed 1980 

signed, dated and titled lower left: 

Alfred Gregory 1953 Everest First 

Ascent 

signed and titled verso 

29 x 20cm 

$500–800 

160 


Near Base Camp Mt Everest 

1953 


printed 1980 

signed, dated, inscribed and titled on 

margin: Alfred Gregory Everest First 

Ascent 1953 Near Base Camp 


EVEREST - FIRST ASCENT 1953/ 

NEAR BASE CAMP/ Alfred Gregory 

30 x 30cm 

$800–1,200 

161 


Porters in Icefall Mt Everest 

1953 


printed 1980 

signed lower left: Alfred Gregory 


Everest 1953/ Porters in icefall/ 


23 x 20cm 

$400–600 

162 


John Hunt on Radio Mt Everest 

1953 


printed 1980 

signed, inscribed, dated and titled 

verso: Everest - First Ascent 1953/ 

John Hunt Radio/ Alfred Gregory 

26 x 36cm 

$250–350 

163 


Tom Bourdillon and Charles 

Evans Return to the South Col 

after Unsuccessfully Trying to 

reach Summit Mt Everest 1953 


printed 1970s 

20 x 24cm 

$400–600 

164 


Tenzing and Lowe Fitting 

Crampons Mt Everest 1953 


signed, dated and titled on margin: 

Alfred Gregory 1953 Everest first 

ascent Lowe, Tenzing 



GEORGE LOWE TENZING/ FITTING 

CRAMPONS/ ALFRED GREGORY 

30 x 28cm 

$600–800

63 

165 

165 


Edmund Hillary and Tenzing 

Norgay at 28,000 feet 

pigment print, printed 2003 

signed, inscribed and dated verso: 

Everest 1953 Alfred Gregory 

28 x 18cm 

$4,000–6,000 

166 


Porters Trekking to Base Camp 



signed on margin: Alfred Gregory 

signed verso 

50 x 35cm 

$500–700 

167 


Final Ice Wall at Top, Icefall 

Tenzing Above Mt Everest 1953 


printed 1980 

signed lower left: Alfred Gregory 


20 x 29cm 

$800–1,200 

168 


Mountains with Trees Mt 

Everest 1953 


printed 1980 

bears studio stamp and signed verso 

28 x 20cm 

$200–300 

169 


Portrait of Alfred Gregory with 

Charles Wylie and John Hunt 



signed to margin lower right: 


19 x 16cm 

$250–350 

170 


Western CWM Mt Everest 1953 


printed 1980 

signed, dated and titled verso, studio 

stamps to verso 

20 x 26cm 

$500–800

64 

171 

171 


Ed Hillary at Advanced Base 

Camp just back from First 

Ascent with Tom Stobart’s Mug 



printed 1970s 


signed, dated and titled verso: Everest 

- First Ascent 1953/ Hillary Advanced 

base Camp/ Just back from the top/ 

Alfred Gregory/ Stobart Mug 

19 x 21cm 

$1,500–2,500 

172 


Annullu Sherpa at Base Camp 




Alfred Gregory Everest - First Ascent 

1953 Annalu[sic] Sherpa at Base 

Camp 



ANNALU SHERPA AT BASE CAMP/ 


24 x 32cm 

$500–800 

173 


Noyce and Porters in Western 

CWM First Ascent Mt Everest 

1953 

pigment print printed in 2003 



20 x 16cm 

$1,000–2,000

65 

174 


Ed Hillary and Tenzing Norgay 

on Return from Summit 


silver gelatin photograph, 

printed 1970s 

signed and inscribed with studio label 

verso: Alfred Gregory 

28 x 20cm 

$2,000–3,000 

175 


Wylie and Sherpas on Lhotse 

Face Mt Everest 1953 

silver gelatin photograph printed 1980 

signed, dated and titled verso, gallery 

label to verso 

24 x 20cm 

$400–600 

176 


Camp 3 - Top of Icefall with 

Hillary, Hunt, Noyce and Tenzing 

on right Mt Everest 1953 



18 x 12.5cm 

$250–350 

177 


South Col to Nuptse Mt Everest 

1953 

c-type photograph printed 1970s 


South Col to Nuptse/ Everest 1953/ 


22 x 30cm 

$400–600 

178 


Tenzing Mt Everest 1953 


signed, dated and titled verso: Alfred 

Gregory Everest 1953 Tenzing 

20 x 29cm 

$300–500 

179 


Nuptse from Western CWM 




signed, dated, titled and inscribed 

verso: Everest 1953/ Nuptse from 

Western Cwm/ Alfred Gregory 

25 x 25cm 

$500–800 

180 





Alfred Gregory Everest First Ascent 

1953 Base Camp 


verso: EVEREST - FIRST ASCENT 

1953/ BASE CAMP/ Alfred Gregory 

28 x 45cm 

$700–900 

174

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183 


Icefall - Mike's Horror 



signed, dated and titled verso: Icefall/ 

Mike's (Westmacott) Horror/ Everest 

1953/ Alfred Gregory 

22.5 x 29 cm 

$400–600 

184 


Tents Base Camp Mt Everest 

1953 



Alfred Gregory Everest First Ascent 

1953 Base Camp 


38 x 29cm 

$400–600 

181 

181 


Charles Wylie and Sherpas on 

Lhotse Face, First Lift of Stairs 

to South Col, Mt Everest 1953 



verso: Everest 1953/ First Ascent/ 

Charles Wylie and sherpas on Lhotse 

Face/ first lift of stairs to South Col/ 


stamps 

20 x 28cm 

$800–1,200 

182 


Bourdillon, Ward and Evans at 




Alfred Gregory, First Ascent Everest 

1953 - Base camp Bourdillon, Ward, 

Evans 


38 x 25cm 

$250–350 

185 


The Huge Crevasse at the 

Entrance to the Western CWM 

- Wilf Noyce Crossing Bridge 



printed 1980 

signed, dated and titled verso, studio 

stamps to verso 

29 x 20cm 

$500–800 

186 


High Altitude Boots Mt Everest 

1953 



28 x 20cm 

$800–1,200

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ARTIST UNKNOWN 

Family Portrait, Entrance 

to Sydney Harbour 

photograph 

30 x 37.5cm 

PROVENANCE 

The Estate of the late Judge Terry 

Naughton, Sydney Rare Book 

Auctions, December 10, 2016 

$200–400 

188 

BURTON BROTHERS 

(1866–1914) 

Samoan Women circa 1880 

albumen paper photograph 

signed, titled on image in negative 

17 x 14cm 

$200–300 

189 


The Olde Order Changeth 

circa 1890 

an albumen paper photograph 

showing a display of early Maori 

Artefacts 

20 x 15cm 

$250–350 

190 


Melbourne Dredging to the 

Port of Melbourne circa 1890 


with an early photo of Bourke St 

Melbourne glued to verso 

21 x 16cm 

$200–300 

191 


A collection of three vintage 

albumen paper photographs 

Tasmanian scenes, 19th century 

Launceston, Tasmania 1890 

Hobarttown, December 1884 

Hobart Harbour 


$200–300 

192 


Melbourne – Top of Bourke St 

circa 1870 

albumen paper photograph, 

glued to board 

16 x 11cm 

$200–300 

193 


Melbourne Tram circa 1880 


title inscribed to mount 

21 x 16cm 

$100–200 

194 


Adelaide Port circa 1880 


title inscribed to mount 

21 x 16cm 

$100–200 

195 

A collection of vintage albumen 

photographs of Europe and Fiji, 

1880s 

comprising three photos of the Rock 

of Gibraltar, Clock Tower Colombo, 

Port of Malta, photographer unknown 

together with a photo by BURTON 

BROTHERS, DUNEDIN (1866–1914) of 

Fiji rebels circa 1899 

the largest photo 27 x 21cm 

$200–300 

196 


A collection of vintage albumen 

photographs of the city of 

Melbourne, circa 1880s 

comprising six photographs of 

Government House, Exhibition 

Buildings, Spring Street Parliament 

House, the Princess Bridge and the 

GPO 

variously titled and inscribed 


$300–500 

197 


New Public Offices, 

Victoria Square, Adelaide 


titled lower centre on margin: 

New Public Offices, Victoria Square, 

Adelaide 

17 x 21cm 

$100–200 

198 

JOHN PAINE (1833-1908) 

Coogee Bay circa 1880 


mounted to card 

titled and initialled in negative in 

image: J.P Coogee Bay 

20 x 15cm 

$100–200 

199 

JOHN WATT BEATTIE 

(1859-1930) 

Hobart, From Lansdowne 

Crescent circa 1880 


inscribed, titled and numbered lower 

centre: BEATTIE, HOBART FROM 

LANSDOWNE CRESCENT 256,B 

23 x 17cm 

$100–200 

200 


Sydney Harbour circa 1880 


mounted to card 

titled on margin: Sydney Harbour 

20 x 15cm 

$200–300 

201 

CHARLES RUDD (1849-1901) 

Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 

circa 1880 

albumen photograph 

inscribed in printed text lower 

right in image: C RUDD, PHOTO / 

EXHIBITION BUILDING MELB. 83A 

12.5 x 19.5cm 

$200–400

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Artefacts from the 

Collection of Leon Deutsch 

Lots 202–211 

202 

202 

An early Micronesian shark 

tooth sword tip 

with sennit binding 

90cm long 

$200–300 

203 

An Iatmul horned spirit figure, 

East Sepik River, Papua New 

Guinea 

the sinuous blackened horns 

extending vertically from the crown 

of the figure, protruding points 

surrounding the upper head, the 

profusely painted face of elongated 

form with a cowrie and feather 

'beard' to a prominently elongated 

jaw, tusk-like horns emanating from 

the nostrils, a cowrie shell ornament 

connecting the nose to the narrow 

triangular chin 

painted hands conform to the 

exaggerated lower body, a horned tail 

extending from the upper spine and 

coiling around the base 

178cm high 

$400–600 

204 

Two Oceanic carved hardwood 

clubs, 19th century 

comprising a New Hebrides battle 

club together with a long Solomon 

Islands club 

the Vanuatu battle club 95cm long 

the pike form Solomon Islands club 

141cm long 

$300–500 

205 

A large Washkuk totem 

together with a painted and 

pierced spirit figure, both 

Sepik River, New Guinea 

the totem 304cm long 

$200–300 

206 

A large Orators stool, Sepik 

River, Papua New Guinea 

the elongated head with feather 

'hairs', cowrie shells across the 

forehead leading to three horns 

above the bridge of the nose with 

flaring nostrils, the intricately 

pigment decorated face with shell 

inset eyes, stylised with bared teeth 

and extended tongue set into an 

asymmetrical jaw framed with a 

cowrie shell beard and grass fringing 

the upper back and shoulders 

incised with cowrie shell eyed 

alligator totems, the arms and 

torso carved and painted with 

markings resembling scarification, 

the figure wearing a woven koteka, 

seated up on a stool supported by 

backwards facing legs 

190cm high 

NOTE 

This artefact is known as an Orator's 

stool and was used in the north of 

the Sepik and Chambri Lakes, Papua 

New Guinea. 

Each Haus Tambaran (cult house) 

has such a stool which is used only on 

ceremonial speech making occasions 

when the Orator strikes the seat part 

with a bundle of leaves to emphasise 

his main points. The Orator's stool 

represents the collective wisdom of 

the clan's departed ancestors who 

return at the time of such ceremonies 

to guide and instruct the discussions. 

$600–800 

207 

A carved Queensland 

indigenous stockman's whip 

handle, circa 1920's 

the polished hardwood incised with 

an interlocking geometric pattern 

around the base 

42.5cm long 

$100–200

69 

208 

A large flying fox cult spirit 

figure, possibly Iatmul, 

Middle Sepik River, New Guinea 

with woven fibre, bead, cowrie shell 

and feather adornments, figural 

basket hook to base 


$500–800 

209 

A ceremonial bowl, Tami 

Islands, Huon Gulf, 20th century 

with unusual carved club form 

designs to the rim on either side 

86cm long 

$200–300 

210 

A small Orator's stool, 

Middle Sepik River Region, 

Papua New Guinea 

the ancestral figure with applied clay 

patterning the enlarged face and 

cowrie shell eyes, bordered by money 

cowrie shells, feathers protruding 

from the head and chin, woven 

rattan 'tassels' dangling from the 

exaggerated ears, repeated painted 

motifs in vegetable pigment paint 

across the carved armbands and 

down the outer legs, seated upon 

a stool in the form of backwards 

squatting legs 

150cm high 

$400–600 

211 

A large male ancestral figure, 

Upper Sepik River 

of standing form, the bald painted 

face with a pointed nose and flaring 

nostrils above stylized bared pointed 

teeth, his upper arms carved with 

horned armbands, the chest with a 

raised breastplate, wearing a woven 

palm fibre loincloth 

190cm high 

$400–600 

208

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Other Properties 

Lots 212–268 

212

71 

212 

Two finely modelled glazed ceramic kangaroos 

25cm high 

The story of the Kangaroos from China: 

In 1972, Hedley Elliott was in China for the Canton Trade 

Fair where he visited the Guangzhou Zoo. At that time 

Emu Bottom Homestead, was licensed as a Private Zoo 

and Hedley gave this involvement as the reason he wished 

to visit the Zoo. 

As he was shown around the Zoo he commented to 

the Zoo officials that the animals the Zoo had marked 

as ‘Kangaroos’ were actually ‘Wallabies’. In further 

conversations with the officials, Hedley indicated that 

when he returned to Australia he would endeavour to 

arrange to have two Australian Kangaroos sent to the 

Guangzhou Zoo. In return, if it was possible, the officials of 

the Guangzhou Zoo offered an exchange of two Pandas. 

This was later rescinded by the Revolutionary Committee 

of the Guangzhou Zoo and the offer was changed to two 

spotted Leopards. 

On his return to Australia, Hedley set about arranging for 

two Kangaroos to be sent to the Guangzhou Zoo. There 

were many hurdles to overcome to arrange the export 

of these Australian native animals but eventually the 

two kangaroos were despatched and safely accepted 

by the Zoo. 

Subsequently, a box arrived addressed to Hedley at 

Emu Bottom Homestead which contained two porcelain 

Kangaroos with the information that these figures had 

been sculpted based on the Australian kangaroos he had 

sent. This was the first time a pottery artisan in China had 

sculpted kangaroos. 

The Guangzhou Zoo then arranged for two Chinese black 

bears to be sent to Hedley and when they arrived they 

were sent to the Melbourne Zoo . They were named after 

two of the Elliott children namely Julian and Joely- and 

lived at the Zoo for quite some time. 

As the Guangzhou Zoo hoped one day to be able to obtain 

some Koalas, Hedley arranged for Manna Gums to be sent 

and they have survived well at the Zoo to this day. 

$1,000–1,500 

212

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213 

An Australian 

turned wood 

specimen pedestal, 

late 19th century 

of laminated baluster 

form displaying a variety of 

Australian timber species 

117.5cm high 

$800–1,200 

214 

An Australian cedar 

secretaire bookcase, 

19th century 

with an extended cornice above 

two glazed doors with decorative 

carved spandrels, the lower 

section with twin cupboards to a 

plinth base 


70cm deep 

$1,200–1,500 

213 

214

73 

215 

215 

A vintage Australian 

'Gooseneck Poley' stock saddle 

by R.M. Williams 

with R.M. Williams saddle bags 

adorned with silver conchos and 

buckles, stamped in numerous 

places, accompanied by a fine 

breast plate, two sets of stirrups and 

accessories including a metal stand 

50cm long from the cantel to the 

back of the pommel 

$2,500–3,500

74 

216 

An Australian cedar chest 

of drawers, 19th century 

the top set with two half drawers over 

three graduated large drawers with 

knob handles 

107cm high, 112cm wide, 57.5cm deep 

$500–800 

217 

A Sunderland lustreware 

tankard, 19th century 

Inscribed with a poem 

and the ship 'Crimea' 

12cm high 

$400–600 

218 

A cedar chest of drawers, 

19th century 

with a bullnose top above two short 

and three long drawers with knob 

handles and oval brass escutcheons, 

raised on bun feet 

104cm high, 110cmm wide, 

53cm deep 

PROVENANCE 

Formerly in the the Sheriff's 

Residence, 1 Camp Crescent, 

Castlemaine, circa 1854 

$500–800 

219 

A pine scullery table, Australian, 

19th century 

of pegged construction, the plank 

top above a band frieze supported on 

turned legs with toupie feet 

71.5cm high, 120cm wide, 

71.5cm deep 

PROVENANCE 

Formerly in the the Sheriff's 

Residence, 1 Camp Crescent, 

Castlemaine, circa 1854 

$400–600 

216

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220 

An impressive lacquered 

four glass mantle clock, 

Drummond & Co, Melbourne, 


the well cast cornice over heavy 

bevelled glazed panels on a swept 

base, the Arabic gilt dial with an 

applied central mask, the circular 

movement by Japy Freres with 

Brocot type suspension to a twin-jar 

mercury pendulum striking on a 

gong, with key 

38cm high 

$1,000–1,200 

221 

A small fire gilded bronze 

fusee verge boudoir clock, by 

David Barclay, Hobart Town, 

circa 1840 

a silvered dial with Roman numerals 

set within a floral cast frame and 

raised on a tiered base with bracket 

feet, the back plate of the movement 

inscribed, 'David Barclay/Hobart 

Town and numbered 2405, with key 

21cm high, 15.5cm wide 

NOTE 

David Barclay was born in Montrose 

Scotland in 1804 and emigrated 

to Van Dieman's land, arriving in 

Hobart Town on 30 October 1830 

aboard the ship Resource (from 

London) and established himself as 

a Watchmaker, Jeweller, Silversmith, 

Goldsmith, working from premises 

at 29 Elizabeth Street, and then 96 

Liverpool Street, Hobart. One of his 

notable clocks, a longcase floorstanding 

regulator is housed in the 

collection of the Allport Museum, 

Hobart, Tasmania. The movement of 

this elegant boudoir clock is featured 

on the website, 'handsoftime.com.au', 

The index of Clock and Watchmakers 

in Tasmania. 

$1,000–1,500 

222 

A brass telescope on stand, 

English, 19th century 

the lens 41cm long, the stand 

31cm high 

$300–500 

223 

A Sunderland commemorative 

lustreware bowl, circa 1860 

commemorating The Star of 

Tasmania 'The Destined Port to Keep 

in Mind...' 

23cm diameter 

$500–800 

224 

CHRISTINE AUDREY PECKET 

(1908-1996) 

A small glazed earthenware vase 

with an incised bark and sawn branch 

texture in brown and green colours, 

incised marks of Christine A Pecket 

1944 to base 

7.5cm high 

PROVENANCE 

Property from the Collection 

of Andrée Harkness 

$400–600 

220

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225 

A fine Victorian 

mahogany-cased marine 

chronometer, 1880 

etched in script to the silvered 

brushed dial, T. L Ainsley, 1880, 

South Shields & Cardiff, with Roman 

numerals and two subsidiary dials, 

the brass bound case with inset side 

handles, with key 


$5,500–7,000 

226 

A Russian deck watch, 

20th century 

the nickel cased deck watch with a 

silver dial and Arabic numerals, blue 

steel sweep hands, fully jewelled, in 

a two tier wooden case with original 

rating certificate in Russian 


$600–800 

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227 

A Japanese marine 

chronometer, V-279, circa 1945 

silvered Roman numeral dial, gilded 

hands, up/down indicator, and 

seconds bit, inscribed with Japanese 

script, chain fusee movement, 

maintaining power, two-arm 

bimetallic balance, Spring detent, 

helical hairspring, jeweled escape 

and balance, mounted in a brass 

gimbaled bowl and housed in a 

three-tier brass-bound oak box with 

carry handles and a silvered plate 

marked V-279 


18.5cm deep 

$2,000–3,000 

228 

A gilded and etched 

grandfather clock mechanism 

by Charles Mafsey, London 

37 x 35cm 

$400–600 

229 

A vintage surveyor's 

theodolite and tripod stand, 

first half 20th century 

black painted metal finish 

within a fitted wooden case 


29cm deep 

$400–600 

230 

A Kienzle mahogany 

railway clock, German, 


set within a mahogany case, the 

Roman dial with maker's insignia and 

marked Made in Germany 

the face 41cm diameter 

$400–600 

231 

An antique oak cased 

optometrist's lens set, 

19th century 

comprising a full set of trial 

lenses and a pair of examination 

glasses, the case interior with 

handwritten labels to the ivory 

compartments; mark of 'Boettgers' 

Adelaide to box of components 


NOTE 

Otto Boettger (1842-1907) was a 

renowned Adelaide optician and 

instrument-maker. 

$2,000–3,000 

232 

An antique iron jewellers bench 

vice, 18th century 

28cm high 

$200–300

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233 

A steel stick gimballed 

barometer by Short & Mason, 

London, circa 1950s 

marked to plaque, CBM 1881 

91cm high 

NOTE 

reputedly last hung at the 

Queensland Airport Weather Station 

$400–600 

234 

A mahogany cased barograph 

by Short & Mason, 20th century 

the case glazed to three sides, with 

brass barrel and paper, recording 

arm, 13 bellows, trademark and 

maker's name to the brass base 

plate, with a single drawer to the 

short end, with key 

29cm high, 44cm wide, 21.5deep 

$400–600 

235 

A steel stick gimballed ship’s 

barometer, 1962 

retailed by A.L Franklin Pty 

Ltd, Sydney, marked marine 

barometer MK 2 

96cm high 

$500–800 

236 

A rare Breguet instrument set, 

by Negretti & Zambra., Hatton 

Garden, London, circa 1890 

a portable barometer with two 

mercury tubes and pieces for 

assembly housed in a silk lined 

wooden case, the brass base plate 

marked Negretti & Zambra, Hatton 

Garden, London and numbered 

2274-I-1886, original tubes also with 

maker's marks 


12cm deep 

$400–600 

237 

A vintage brass and painted 

cast metal portable mercury 

barometer, mid 20th century 

with a slender glass tube within 

the metal housing, with scaling 

marks, stamped AM with crown 

mark to base 

93cm high, 16.5cm wide 

$400–600 

238 

A mahogany mounted brass 

stick barometer, England, 

circa 1840s 

in the style of a mountaineer’s and 

balloonist’s barometer and printed 

to stick, ‘retailed by Otto Boettger, 

Adelaide’ 

116cm high 

$500–800 

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239 

An engineered single cylinder 

under type high speed portable 

steam engine 

26cm high 

$800–1,000 

240 

Two model engines in brass 

and steel 

comprising a Stuart mill engine S50 

and a single cylinder Hubbard engine 

the mill engine 13cm high, 

the base 13 x 27cm 

$400–600 

241 

A scale model of the Brigantine 

'Raven', by Classic Marine 

Models, Melbourne 

constructed on a 1-60 scale, 

within a glazed display case 


12cm deep (model) 


45cm deep (display case) 

$600–800 

242 

A Colonial cedar chest of 

drawers, 19th century 

with two short drawers and three long 

drawers of graduated depth above a 

Georgian style base with undulating 

skirt and bracket corner feet 

111cm high, 112cm wide, 48.5cm deep 

$400–600 

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243 

Two convict love tokens, copper, 


both coins smoothed, the larger 

engraved 'Ambrose Birch/Born 9th 

May/1791 below English rose, Scotch 

thistle, Irish clover emblems and 'God 

Save King William', with sentiment to 

the reverse: 'A dismal prison is my lot, 

but more than all by friends forgot, 

Oh think of me in this dread place, 

and be my friends than in disgrace', 

and; a naively engraved coin with love 

hearts, 'Succss to True Harts 1781' 

(sic) with initials WB and CH with a 

clasped hand motif to the reverse 

35mm diameter and smaller 

PROVENANCE 

Trevor Hancock, Trinity Antiques, 

Perth, WA 

$1,500–2,000 

243 

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244 

Two convict love tokens, copper, 


both coins smoothed, the larger 

engraved with decorative initials 

and a motto: 'when this you see 

* remember me' 1772, and to the 

reverse, a ribbon and floral decorated 

shield enclosing the initials, 'GL', 

and; a smaller coin engraved, 'Sarah 

Horton' 1784, between sprigs, and 

cursive initials to the reverse 

34mm and smaller 

PROVENANCE 


Perth, WA 

$1,500–2,000 

245 

Two convict love tokens 

made from Charles II silver 

coins, late 17th century, 

with later engraving 

a 1696 coin with crisp details, 

engraved 'John Lee Born 5 Aug 

1765' to the reverse, and 'James 

Lee Born 24 Dec 1733' as a motto, 

and 'John Lee Cook Born Dec 

31 - 1815 - G. Grandson of ' to the 

obverse, and; a smoothed Charles 

II coin engraved 'A Gowan' amidst 

floral sprigs to the reverse 

39mm diameter 

PROVENANCE 


Perth, WA 

$2,500–3,500 

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246 

A pair of scrimshaw whale 

teeth, late 19th century 

both decorated with tall ships 

13cm high 

$400–600 

247 

JOY GARLBIN (BORN 1968) 

Djomi 2018 

natural earth pigments on carved 

wood 

cat no. 17815 

a certificate of authenticity 

from Cooee Art Gallery 

accompanies this lot 

116.5cm high, 4cm wide, 4cm deep 

© Joy Garlbin/Copyright Agency, 

2022 

PROVENANCE 

Maningrida Arts & Culture, NT 

Cooee Art Gallery, Sydney 

$500–800 

248 

Two early carved wood bowls, 

Vanuatu 

one with an original sennit binding 

repair 

the largest 78cm long 

$400–800 

249 

A set of box framed bird 

of paradise plumes, 


comprising four long feather 

plumes in a velvet lined frame 

together with a book, 

’Drawn from Paradise - the 

Discovery, Art & Natural History 

of the Birds of Paradise’ by David 

Attenborough and Errol Fuller 

the frame 95 x 83cm 

PROVENANCE 

Imported by the milliner Polly Perkins, 

Cremorne circa 1960's 

$400–600 

250 

A vintage wooden boat bow 

section 

inscribed 'Cooks's Last Stand', the 

varnished stern section of a wooden 

boat with a separate rudder in a 

distressed painted finish, and two 

wood oars, painted lettering to the 

rear of the boat, 'Cook's Last Stand/ 

Kealakekua Bay/Hawaii' 


$500–700 

251 

An aboriginal woven 

pandanus mat 

reputedly woven by a wife 

of David Malangi 

135 x 125cm, woven area 

2 metres diameter 

(approx) with fringing 

PROVENANCE 

Gift of the weaver, Ramingining 1979 

$900–1,200

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252 

An antique whalebone walking 

stick with a serpent head 

handle, 19th century 

the cane comprising a series of 

gently swollen sections replicating 

cane, the serpent head with carved 

features and a single tooth 

74cm long 

$1,000–1,500 

253 

An antique whalebone 

walking stick with Turk's knot, 

19th century 

carved from a single length of bone, 

with an attached handle and knot 

finial, with cross hatching, and spiral 

twist carving 

90.5cm long 

$1,200–2,000 

254 

An antique whalebone walking 

stick, 19th century 

carved from a single length with an 

attached handle, featuring flutes, 

cross hatching and spiral twists 

84.5cm long 

$1,200–2,000 

255 

An antique whalebone pointing 

stick, 19th century 

the curved flexible length with a 

petite turned knop finial 

83cm long 

$600–900 

256 

A Victorian cedar chest of 


with an extended surface above 

four short and three long drawers 

with mother-of-pearl buttons 

to the handles and flanked by 

turned cotton reel pillars 


$400–600 

257 

A Victorian cedar bookcase, 


with a protruding pediment above a 

pair of glazed doors with bead trim, 

opening to four shelves and raised 

on a extended base with conforming 

cupboards above a plinth base 


32.5cm deep 

$700–900 

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258 

A large polished ammonite 

fossil 

24cm wide 

$400–600 

259 

A large ammonite fossil 

28cm across 

$400–600 

260 

A vintage lacquered fly fishing 

rod together with a collection 

of vintage fishing accessories, 

including Hendryx 

comprising a miniature creel and an 

assortment of mahogany and brass 

fishing reels 

the cork handled reel 298.5cm long 

when assembled 

$400–600 

261 

An Australian cedar chest of 


the top set with three square 

drawers above three full drawers, 

with knob handles 


50.5cm deep 

$500–800 

262 

A vintage child's rocking horse 

a dappled grey steed with hair mane 

and tail, with bridle, saddle and 

stirrups on a rocker mechanism 


$500–800 

263 

An Australian cedar 

Biedermeier style chest, 

19th century 

in warm light tones with an extended 

surface above an ogee profile frieze 

drawer and three drawers flanked 

by turned pillars, raised on a shaped 

base with bracket feet 

93.5cm high, 85cm wide, 49cm deep 

PROVENANCE 

Hahndorf, South Australia 

$1,000–1,400 

264 

Three Kudu tail cushion covers 

43 x 43cm 

$400–600 

258

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265 

A Russian copper dive 

helmet and associated knife, 

second half 20th century 

the copper bell with brass fittings 

and glazed panels, and an associated 

dive knife, the helmet with a brass 

plaque to the breastplate in Russian 


$2,500–3,500 

265

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266 

A fine New Zealand made 

table in mixed timbers 

by D.H Dachenhausen, 

cabinetmaker and upholsterer, 

Ponsonby Auckland, 


the circular occasional table with a 

parquetry arrangement of specimen 

timbers, including mottled kauri, 

raised on three cabriole legs united 

by an undertier, maker's label verso 

77.5cm high, 56.5cm diameter 

$1,000–1,500 

267 

A signed print 

of Donald Bradman 

a sepia toned reproduction print 

of Bradman and fellow batsman, 

inscribed signature in blue pen to mid 

section of image 

49.5 x 38cm 

$500–700 

268 

A signed collectors full size 

cricket bat, circa 1930s 

signed to the back by members by 

the Australian team (13 signatures) 

including Bradman, Darling, 

Grimmett, Ebeling, Woodfull, 

McCabe, O'Reilly and Ponsford 

the bat 87cm 

$1,000–1,500 

266

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277 

OLA COHN (1892-1964) 

A pair of painted ceramic book ends 

featuring a pair of seated literary 

figures on integral plinth bases 

27cm high, 13 x 15cm base 

NOTE 

Made by Ola Cohn for the vendor's 

grandfather 

$300–500 

269 

An Australian pottery vase 

in tones of blue and orange 

decorated with stylised trees, 

inscribed to base 

15cm high 

$100–200 

270 

ARTHUR MERRIC BOYD 

(1920-1999) 

a small earthenware dish hand 

painted with a desert scene, 

inscribed to base: 'AMB' 

12cm diameter 

$200–300 

271 

JOHN CASTLE-HARRIS 

(1893-1967) 

A glazed earthenware basket 

of fluted form in rose and mint 

colours with a blue rope twist handle 

and an applied bird in colours to the 

body, incised Castle Harris to base 

10cm high 

PROVENANCE 

Property from the Collection of 

Andrée Harkness 

$200–300 

272 

JOHN CASTLE-HARRIS 

(1893-1967) 

a waisted earthenware vase with 

a wavy rim encrusted with applied 

grapes and vine leaves in transparent 

blue, mauve and pale teal glazes over 

a cream ground, inscribed Castle 

Harris with faint numerals underside 

18cm high 

$300–400 

273 

GREG DALY (B.1954) 

A shallow landscape studio pottery 

ceramic bowl 

with rich glaze effect on a black 

ground 

18cm diameter 

$100–200 

274 

ARTHUR MERRIC 

BLOOMFIELD BOYD 

(1920-1999) 

A green glazed slip ware jug 

with yellow glazed interior 

incised signature to 

base 'Arthur Merric Boyd' 

34cm high 

$300–500 

275 

WILLIAM RICKETTS 

(1899-1993) 

Out of the rocks they come, 

spirit from the eternal sun 

ceramic sculpture 

incised to base: Wm Ricketts 

/ 'out of the rocks they come, 

spirit from the eternal sun' 

9cm high 

$300–400 

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A pair of ceramic sauce boats, 

marked E.B, 1930s 

shaped as leaves with twig form 

handles, in green and brown slip 

glazes, inscribed E.B to the base of 

one, faint marks to other 


$300–500 

278 

A large ceramic wall plate by 

Martin Boyd (1923-1988) 

depicting three male corroboree 

figures with totem poles in the 

background, in brown and ochre 

slip colours, incised in script verso, 

'Martin Boyd/Australia' 

35cm diameter 

$300–500 

279 

DICK VELDHOVEN 

Battleship 1964 

oil on canvas 


DICK VELDHOVEN 11-12-64 

78.5 x 58.5cm 

$200–300 

280 

ROY ALLEN 

Ferry Bower, Manly 

and a Street in Manly 

two etchings 

each signed and titled on margin: 

Roy Allen 

15 x 20.5cm (each) 

$200–400 

281 

ROSS McINTOSH (BORN 1942) 

Near West Wyalong, NSW 1990 

watercolour 

signed, dated and titled lower left: 

Ross Jan 1990 near West Wyalong 

24.5 x 33cm (image size) 

45 x 45cm (frame size) 

$100–200

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282 

KEN DUNCAN (BORN 1954) 

Croajingalong National Park 

Victoria 1988 

signed and dated and titled and 

editioned on margin: Ken Duncan 

88 CROAJINGALONG NAT. PARK 

VICTORIA 27/50 

31 x 76.5cm 

$300–500 

283 

European Flags, American, Asiatic 

& African Flags, Flags of America, 

Hawaii and Samoa, Flags of Europe, 

Africa and Asia 

four colour engravings 

with printed text on margins 

37.5 x 24.5cm (two) 27 x 20.5cm 

(each, two framed together) 

$200–400 

284 

FRANK BARRETT 

The Original Birdsville Pub 

watercolour 

signed and titled lower left and right: 

FRANK BARRETT THE ORIGINAL 

BIRDSVILLE PUB 

25 x 35.5cm 

$100–200 

285 

BEN SHEARER (BORN 1941) 

Morning Crossroads 1984 

watercolour 


BEN SHEARER 84 

25 x 60cm 

$300–500 

286 

ATTRIBUTED TO 

JOHN KAUFFMANN 

Along the Yarra 

photograph 

23.5 x 18.5cm 

$200–400 

287 

GEORGE CHANCE (1885-1963) 

An Autumn Day 

photograph 

signed and titled on margin: 

Geo Chance An Autumn Day 

16.5 x 21.5cm 

$100–200 

288 

STEPHEN SPURLING 

Apiary Wynyard, Tasmania, 

circa 1890 

photograph 

inscribed with printed text in image 

18 x 23.5cm 

$100–300 

289 

AIRLINES OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED 

Winged Messengers of Commerce 

and Industry 

colour lithograph (advertising poster) 

produced Charles Smith Co., Sydney 

48.5 x 37.5cm 

$100–300 

290 

GRACIOUS BROINOWSKI 

(1837-1913) 

Luteous Honey-Eater, Garrulous 

Honey-Eater, Black Magpie, 

Spotted Ground-Thrush, 

Ground Graucalus and 

Cinnamon-Coloured 

Cinclosoma 

six chromolithographs 

each with printed text on margin 

34 x 24cm 

$100–300 

291 

BRIAN NUNAN (BORN 1932) 

Gorge Near Parabardoo, 

Western Australia 


signed lower left: B V Nunan 

42 x 62cm 

$200–300 

292 


(1837-1913) 

Chestnut-Breasted Finch, 

Spotted Diamond -Bird, 

Yellow-Faced Honey Eater, 

Long-Tailed Superb Warbler, 

Red-Eared Finch and Varied 

Honey-Eater 




$100–300 

293 


(1837-1913) 

Little Turn, Australian Swift, 

Grass Owl, Boobook Owl, 

Delicate Owl, Tawny-Shoulder 

Podargus 




$100–300 

294 


(1837-1913) 

Spotted Ground Thrush, Rifle 

Bird, Peaceful Dove, Red-Eared 

Finch, White-Headed Fruit 

Pidgeon and Great Owl 

of the Brushes 




$200–400 

295 


(1837-1913) 

Brown Cincloramphus, 

Rufus-Headed Bristle 

Bird, White Quilled Rock 

Pidgeon, Black Throated 

Grebe and White-Fleshed or 

Wonga-Wonga Pidgeon 

five chromolithographs 



$100–300

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296 

JOHN SKINNER PROUT 

Alluvial Gold Washing 

engraving 

Australia Illustrated circa 1871 

with printed text on margin 

12.5 x 18.5cm 

$100–200 

297 

JANET C JACKSON 

River Landscape 

watercolour 

signed lower left: J. C. JACKSON 

27.5 x 37cm 

$100–200 

298 


Melbourne Cricket Ground on 

Boxing Day, The All England 

Eleven V Eighteen of Victoria, 

circa 1880 

colour engraving 

with printed text on margins 

34.5 x 50cm 

$150–250 

299 


The Match Between the 

All-England Eleven and 

Twenty-Two of the New South 

Wales Cricketers, Played in the 

Domain at Sydney 



24 x 34.5cm 

$150–250 

300 

E. G JENNINGS 

Briar Rose 

bark relief 

24 x 15cm 

$100–200 

301 

MICHAEL GARWOOD 

(BORN 1936) 

The Homestead 1983 

gouache and mixed media on board 


GARWOOD 1983 

37.5 x 49.5cm 

$300–500 

302 


(BORN 1936) 

Homespun 1980 



GARWOOD 1980 

50 x 37cm 

$300–500 

303 


(BORN 1936) 

The Homestead 1978 



GARWOOD 1978 

37.5 x 50cm 

$300–500 

304 

CHARLES BOCK (BORN 1934) 

The Joy of Boating 

oil on canvas board 

signed lower right: Charles Bock 

titled verso: THE JOY OF BOATING 

29.5cm x 21.5cm 

$100–200 

305 


(BORN 1936) 

Glazier Wanted 1980 



GARWOOD 1980 

37 x 49.5cm 

$200–400 

306 


Tall Ships 

two watercolour and gouache on 

paper 

both signed lower left: John Allcot 

one dated lower left: 1952 

10 x 12.5cm (each) 

$200–400 

307 

JOHN TALLIS & COMPANY 

Map of Victoria or Port Phillip 

engraving 

drawn and engraved J Atkin 

with printed text in image 

27.5 x 34.5cm 

$100–200 

308 

PETER SIDDICK 

Hermannsburg 1988 

synthetic polymer paint on canvas 

board 

inscribed, dated and titled 

verso: Peter Siddick, March 88, 

Hermannsburg, Alice Springs 

56 x 71cm 

PROVENANCE 

Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne 

Margaret Carnegie Collection, 

Melbourne 

$300–400 

309 


Prize Design for the Melbourne 

International Exhibition Building 

engraving 


17 x 22.5cm 

$80–120 

310 

EUGENE VON GUERARD 

(1811-1901) 

Ferntree Gully, 

Dandenong Ranges, Victoria 

lithograph 

signed in plate: Eug. v. Guerard 


33 x 51cm 

$200–400

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311 

JAMES ASHTON (1859-1935) 

Off the Coast 

watercolour 

signed lower right: J ASHTON 

16.5 x 36cm 

$200–400 

312 

W CLASS TRAM MELBOURNE 

lithographic print 

62.5 x 31.5cm 

$80–120 

313 

AILEEN BROWN (BORN 1946) 

Night Shift 1994 

linocut 

signed, dated, titled and editioned 

on margin: Aileen Brown 94 

NIGHT SHIFT 10/75 

13 x 16cm (image size) 

NOTE 

This linocut was designed by Aileen 

Brown for the XIth International 

Symposium on Night and Shiftwork 

held at La Trobe University, 

Melbourne, February 9-13, 1994 

$100–200 

314 

LIONEL H. TAPSELL 

Old Shack 

oil on board 

signed lower right: Lionel H Tapsell 

18 x 37cm 

$100–300 

315 

RONALD BULL (1942-1979) 

Mount Ryde, Early Evening Light 


signed lower right: RONALD E BULL 

16.5 x 24.5cm 

$200–400 

316 

AFTER W J SMEDLEY 

The Fitzroy Gardens (from 

Garran's Picturesque Atlas of 

Australasia) 

engraving 

signed with printed text in image and 


17 x 12cm 

housed in an Australian painted 

cedar frame, circa 1920 

decorated with native fauna 

40.5 x 34.5cm 

$300–500 

317 


Colonial Life 

carved timber map of Australia 

with native floral decoration 

inset with two engravings 

9 x 6.5cm (each engraving) 

34 x 38cm (timber map) 

together with two Art Nouveau-style 

timber frames with kookaburra and 

kangaroo design 

inset with two engravings - 

Prahran Town Hall and Toorak 

from Old Parliament House 


$200–400 

318 

An Australian wombat sculpture 

a naturalistic earthenware figure of 

wombat asleep on a piece of gnarled 

wood 

41cm long 

$200–300 

319 

AUSTIN H PLATT (1912-2003) 

Lowther Hall, Melbourne 

etching 

signed, titled and editioned on 

margin: Austin H Platt Lowther Hall 

Melbourne 20/175 

18.5 x 27.5cm 

$200–400 

320 

CELIA ROSSER (BORN 1930) 

Banksia Ceptophylla 

A F George 1987 


printed signature, 

dated and title in image 

77 x 52.5cm 

$200–400 

321 


Banksia elegans Meissner 1982 




53 x 77cm 

$200–400 

322 


Banksia dryandroides 

Baxter ex Sweet 1988 




76.5 x 52.5cm 

$200–400 

323 

JOSETTE PAPAJUIA 

Dilly Bag (Tungu) 

natural earth pigments 

on eucalyptus bark 

cat no 04-5657 

53 x 44 x 31cm 

PROVENANCE 

Munupi Arts & Crafts Association, 

Melville Island 

$200–300 

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JOSETTE PAPAJUIA 

Dilly Bag (Tungu) 

natural earth pigments 

on eucalyptus bark 

54 x 36 x 16cm 

PROVENANCE 

Munupi Arts & Crafts Association, 

Melville Island 

$200–400

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325 

MONTAGUE DAWSON 

Racing Home, The Cutty Sark 

colour reproduction print 

signed in printed text 

in image lower left 

44 x 66cm 

$200–300 

326 

AFTER HENRY WINKLES 

Melbourne from the Botanical 

Gardens 



11.5 x 18cm 

$80–120 

327 

BRIAN DOBSON (BORN 1947) 

Uluru & Kata Tjuta 2009 

watercolour 

signed lower right: BRIAN DOBSON 

signed, dated and titled verso: Brian 

Dobson 09 ULURU & KATA TJUTA 

12 x 33cm 

$100–300 

328 

KEVIN NAMATJIRA 

(BORN 1958) 

Near Hermannsburg 

watercolour 

signed lower centre: 

KEVIN NAMATJIRA 

16 x 47cm 

$100–120 

329 

ALISTAIR GRAY 1898-1972) 

Boats on the Lake 

watercolour 

signed lower left: Alistair Gray 

22.5 x 34cm 

$100–200 

330 

JAMES EGAN (BORN 1929) 

Aborigine Elder 

synthetic polymer paint on prepared 

kangaroo hide 

signed and titled lower centre: 

ABORIGINE ELDER. JAMES EGAN 

74 x 41cm (irregular) 

$200–400 

331 

JAMES STINTON (1870-1961) 

Pheasant Flying 

watercolour 

signed lower left: JAS. Stinton 

14 x 19 cm 

$200–400 

332 

DERMONT HELLIER 

(1916-2006) 

Phar Lap (Mentone Race Track) 

1942 

watercolour 

signed and dated lower left: 

DERMONT J HELLIER / 1942 

35.5 x 48.5cm 

$200–400 

333 

THOMAS (TOM) McAULAY 

(BORN 1946) 

Aboriginal Stockman 

oil on canvasboard 

signed lower right: McAULAY 

23 x 19cm 

$150–250 

334 

KONSTANTY KUCEWICZ 

Way Home 1984 



K Kucewicz 84 

46 x 75.5cm 

$200–400 

335 

The Illustrated London News 

circa 1880 

Wine Growing in Australia - 

St Hubert's Vineyard, Victoria 



20 x 22.5cm 

$200–400 

336 

LOUIS DE SAINSON 

(1800-1887) 

Port Du Roi Georges 

(Nouvelle Holland) 



21 x 33cm 

PROVENANCE 

Trowbridge Gallery, Western Australia 

(label verso) 

$200–400 

337 

LOUIS DE SAINSON 

(1800-1887) 

Habitans Du Port Du Roi 

Georges (Nouvelle) 



23 x 32.5cm 

PROVENANCE 

Trowbridge Gallery, Western Australia 

(label verso) 

$200–400 

338 

DERMONT HELLIER 

(1916-2006) 

The Hill Top Barossa Valley, SA 

oil on canvasboard 

signed lower right: Dermont Hellier 

signed and titled verso: Dermont 

Hellier / The Hill Top Barossa Valley 

SA 

49.5 x 60cm 

$300–500

92 

339 

THEO DELGROSSO (1947-2011) 

Landscape 

oil on canvas 


Theo Delgrosso 88 

50 x 74.5cm 

$300–500 

340 

ERNEST D STOCKS (1840-1921) 

Sydney Harbour from the North 

Shore 1885 

watercolour 


Ernest D Stocks 1885 

21 x 36.5cm 

PROVENANCE 

The Ken Badenoch Estate, Melbourne 

$250–450 

341 

MOLLY O'SHEA (1890-1970) 

Gums 

watercolour 

signed lower left: Molly O'Shea 

20 x 15cm 

$100–200 

342 

PAMELA CONDER 

(BORN 1955) 

Upside Down Wombat 

mixed media 

inscribed verso: PAMELA CONDER / 

UPSIDE DOWN WOMBAT 

34 x 45.5cm 

$200–400 

343 

THOMAS (TOM) WELLS 

(BORN 1934) 

Railway-man 

watercolour 

inscribed verso: 

T G Wells / "Railway-man" 

61.5 x 91.5cm 

$100–200 

344 

A collection of three Antarctic 

lithographs 

JAN SENBERGS (BORN 1939) 

Unloading at Mawson Voyage 

Fix 1987 

lithograph 


on margin: Jan Senbergs 1987 

Unloading at Mawson Voyage Fix 

5/80 

21.5 x 26.5cm 

JOHN CALDWELL (BORN 1942) 

Heard Island Headland 1987 

lithograph 


on margin: JOHN CALDWELL '87 

'HEARD ISLAND HEADLAND' 5/80 

21.5 x 26.5cm 

BEATRICE (BEA) MADDOCK 

(1934-2016) 

Big Burgh with Antarctic Petrels 

lithograph 

signed and editioned on margin: 

B Maddock 5/80 

with printed title in image 

21.5 x 26.5cm 

$100–300 

345 

MAX NICOLSON (BORN 1945) 

Brolga 1975 

oil on board 


MAX NICOLSON 1975 

19 x 40.5cm 

PROVENANCE 

Clive Parry Galleries, Melbourne 

Helen Nixon Collection, Melbourne 

EXHIBITED 

Clive Parry Galleries, Melbourne, 

Max Nicolson, 29 October 1978 - 

15 November 1979, cat no. 16 

$200–400 

346 


The Wattle Nymph 

oil on canvas 

signed lower left: NORMAN LINDSAY 

40.5 x 32.5cm 

$100–300 

347 

JOHN SIMPSON (BORN 1925) 

The Homestead 

oil on board 

signed lower right: SIMPSON 

54.5 x 78.5cm 

$100–200 

348 

H BURNS 

Old Homestead 


signed lower right: H BURNS 

44 x 59.5cm 

$200–400 

349 

MAURICE NAMATJIRA 

(1938-1939) 

Central Australian Landscape 

watercolour 

signed lower right: Maurice Namatjira 

24.5 x 35.5cm 

$300–500 

350 

KEITH NAMATJIRA (1938-1977) 

Central Australia 

watercolour 

signed lower right: Keith Namatjira 

23.5 x 34cm 

$300–500 

351 

W. E. L. WEARS 

Ship "Jame Baines" of Liverpool 

1917 

watercolour 

signed, dated and titled lower left 

and right: W.E.L Wears Mch 1917 

Ship""Jame Baines"" of Liverpool 

29 x 45cm 

$200–400 

352 

LEO SMANIOTTO 

Mulga Bill has a Good Day 

acrylic on canvas on board 

signed and titled lower right and left: 

Leo / MULGA BILL HAS A GOOD DAY 

49.5 x 59.5cm 

$300–500

93 

353 

BRUCE FLETCHER 

(BORN 1937) 

At the Gate 1981 



Bruce Fletcher 1981 

50 x 60cm 

$300–500 

354 

GERARD MUTSAERS 

(BORN 1947) 

Old Timber Mill, Marysville 1974 

and Towards Evening, Eildon 

two pencil drawings 

signed and titled lower left 

17 x 22.5cm (each) 

$200–400 

355 

EUGENE VON GUERARD 

(1811-1901) 

Murray River, Moorundi 1866 


signed in print 

28 x 48cm 

$300–500 

356 

CHARLES (HOPPY) HOPGOOD 

(1917-1992) 

The Two-Up School 1970 

oil on board 


Hoppy HOPGOOD 70 

signed and titled verso: C. HOPGOOD 

(Hoppy) / " THE TWO UP SCHOOL" 

39.5 x 55cm 

$300–500 

357 

AFTER CHARLES- 

ALEXANDRE LESUEUR 

Short-beaked echidna and 

Western Grey Kangaroo 

two colour prints 

18.5 x 30cm (each) 

$200–400 

358 

WILLIAM (BILL) BEAVAN 

(1944-2005) 

Corner Hotel, Rosedale, Victoria 

1972 

oil on board 


BILL BEAVAN 72 

21.5 x 26.5cm 

$100–200 

359 

WILLIAM (BILL) BEAVAN 

(1944-2005) 

Out Buildings, Rosedale, 

Victoria 1972 

oil on board 


BILL BEAVAN 72 

21.5 x 26.5cm 

$100–300 

360 


Camp on the Dirt Track 

and The Horsemen 

two oil on canvas 

34 x 44.5cm (each) 

$200–400 

361 

A.T. CLARKE 

The Yarra River Looking 

Towards Punt Road 1882 

watercolour 


A T Clarke 1882 

21.5 x 33cm 

$200–400 

362 

RALPH PICKFORD 

Young Aboriginal Girl 

pencil and charcoal on paper 

signed lower right: R Pickford 

26 x 22cm 

$100–200 

363 

Two carved and lacquered Balinese 

temple panels 

one depicting a courtly parade, 

the other a demonic scene 


$200–400 

364 

A piece of Latrobe Valley brown coal 

mounted to commemorate Princess 

Margaret's visit to the Yallourn Power 

station, 1975 

the acrylic casing 6 x 10cm 

$100–200 

365 

A collection of four wooden walking 

sticks in various timbers 


$200–400 

366 

A fine antique volume of pressed 

fern species, 19th century 

the cushioned leather bound volume 

with decoratively arranged pressed 

specimen foliage, with handwritten 

binomial nomenclature for each 

specimen, including many New 

Zealand ferns and rarities 

37.5 x 27.5cm 

$300–500 

367 

A Chesty Bonds shop display model 

70cm high 

$300–500 

368 

A collection of 20 Australian 

& International postcards, 

late 19th to early 20th century 

comprising two cards of maritime 

interest and three hand coloured 

postcards of Victorian Aboriginals 

including at Coranderrk, other 

$300–500 

369 

Jane's Fighting Ships 1973-74 and 

Jane's Fighting Ships 1976-1977 

hardcover editions both edited by 

Captain John E. Moore, RN, FRGS 

$50–80

94 

370 

Luminous: Celebrating 50 Years 

of The Australian Ballet 

with slip cover 

$40–60 

371 

A collection of German Auktionen 

Dr. Crott catalogues together with 

a Sotheby's watch catalogue, 1996 

and later 

$200–400 

372 

A large collection of copies 

of Art & Australia 

$100–200 

373 

A collection of share certificates 

for mining, vineyards and oil, 

1928 and later 

comprising nine pieces 

20 x 23cm and smaller 

$300–500 

374 

Victoria the Golden, Scenes, 

Sketches and Jottings from Nature 

by William Strutt, Melbourne 

1850-1862 

facsimile edition with a narrative by 

Marjorie Tipping 

published the Library Committee, 

Parliament of Victoria 1980 

$200–400 

375 

A folio and two Australian themed 

books 

Fifty Masterpieces of Photography by 

Dr Julian Smith (1873-1947) 

reproduced in facsimile by McLaren 

& Co Pty Ltd, Fitzroy, Victoria, 

Australia, 1948 

The Australasian Sketcher, 1880 

facsimile edition, Heritage 

Publications, Melbourne, 1970, 

in slip cover 

Fairyland by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite 

limited edition 918/1000, Ramsay 

Publishing, Melbourne, 1926 

$100–200 

376 

A Collection of Australian Wildflower 

Illustrations by Patricia Weare 

bound in maroon cloth 

$50–100 

377 

Pigeons and Doves of Australia 

by Frank Morris, 1976 

the volume bound in gilt 

tooled calf leather 

the front cover 52 x 37cm 

$150–250 

378 

Four limited edition reproductions of 

Australian Rosellas, by N.W Cayley 

together with Australian 

Impressionist & Realist Artists, 

210 works by 70 living Australian 

artists, by Roberts, Tom (compiler) 

& Gaylard, Geoff (ed.) 

$100–140 

379 

A remnant of an envelope 

bearing an New Zealand stamp 

and Royal wax seal, 1864 

Royal wax sealed, with Victorian 

postmarks, inscribed 'Dandenong' 

the frame 23 x 23cm 

$100–200 

380 

Tom Roberts 1856-1931: A Catalogue 

Raisonné, by Helen Topliss 

2 Volumes 

published by Oxford University Press, 

1985 

$200–400 

381 

Lloyd's Register of Yachts 1922, No 

767, Nigel Lindsay, Esq,. and Lloyd's 

Register of Shipping 1901, No 1641, 

J.B Robinson, Esq 

2 volumes 

$300–500 

382 

Four bound volumes, The Argus, 

1867-1875 

with marbled hard covers, 

gilt tooled leather spines 

$160–200 

383 

Eugene von Guerard's Australian 

Landscapes, by Margaret Tipping, 

1975 

numbered 206 from a limited edition 

of 1000, signed Margaret Tipping, in 

slipcover, Lansdowne Press 1975 

$100–200 

384 

The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, 

Volume 2, 1886 

edited by Andrew Garran, LL.D, 

M.L.C; artist Frederic N.Schell, 

Sydney, New South Wales, 

with a gilt tooled hard cover 

$50–100 

385 

Three Australian themed books 

comprising Australia: A Camera 

Study by Frank Hurley, 1961; The 

Uncommon Garden by Joan 

Law-Smith, signed and numbered 

limited edition, 50/195, National 

Trust of Australia, and; Shakespeare 

Memorial Theatre, 1951-1953: a 

photographic record, signed 'Frank 

Thring' in pencil to front page 

$100–200 

386 

Trollope, Anthony 

Australia and New Zealand, 

in two volumes 

published by Chapman and Hall, 

London, 1873, with later leather 

binding 

$100–200 

387 

A vintage Minolta XL-400 super 8 

film camera, Japanese, together 

with a Eumig 607d Super 8 silent film 

projector, Austrian, circa 1970s 

each with original vinyl carry 

case and manuals 

17cm high 

$300–400 

388 

A Yashima optical Microscope, 

circa 1960s 

with original box and lenses 

$100–200

95 

389 

Two vintage large sheet metal and 

brass tropical rain gauges 

both of typical form with a collecting 

funnel and stabilising splayed base, 

one stamped CBM 465, the all 

copper model, marked CBM 195 


$300–500 

390 

A mahogany cased stick barometer 

by L. Casella London, circa 1850s 

with a paper scale 

87cm high 

$200–400 

391 

An oak cased clock barometer in the 

shape of an anchor, English 

reputedly from Penola Station 

57cm long 

$200–400 

392 

A carved oak barometer/ 

thermometer, early 20th century 

with mark of Otto Boettger, Adelaide, 

to dial 

73cm long 

$200–400 

393 

Two antique barometer/ 

thermometers, 19th century 

a wall hung barometer with 

calibrated measures housed in a 

wood frame, the other, an 'improved 

pocket barometer', by J. Cooke of 

York, housed in a hinged carry case 

60cm high, wall barometer 

$300–400 

394 

An Australian oak mounted steel 

stick barometer, circa 1960 

manufactured by R.W Skoglund 

Instrument Service, Northcote, 

Melbourne 

102cm high 

$300–500 

395 

A cased brass carriage clock by 

Ingram Bros, made in Paris, retailed in 

Melbourne, circa 1900 

having an enamel dial with Arabic 

numerals and a subsidiary dial, with 

visible escapement, marked Ingram 

Bros, Paris, Melbourne, with a hard 

carry case and associated key 

11.5cm high, 7.5cm wide, 6.5cm deep 

$200–300 

396 

A prismatic compass by Troughton 

& Simms made for Gaunt & Co., 

Melbourne, mid 20th century 

the folding instrument stamped PMG, 

with leather case stamped PMG 

the case 13cm long 

$100–150 

397 

A portable brass compass 

and sundial, by J.H. Steward, 

Strand London 

housed in a leather box 

12cm diameter 

$80–100 

398 

A vintage portable aneroid 

barometer, Antarctic Division 

instrument, and an anemometer 

the cased aneroid barometer, type 

M.1991/A, with operating instructions 

to the inside lid and label marked 

Dept of Science Antarctic Division, 

made by Mechanism Ltd, Croydon, 

and; a calibrated steel and brass 

anemometer, for measuring wind 

speed and pressure, stamped 

Ernesto Allemano - Torino 

the case 17cm high, 16.5 wide, 

19.5cm deep 

the anemometer 29 x 41cm 

$300–500 

399 

A London & Bourne brass mantel 

barometer, retailed through 

T. Gaunt & Co, late 19th century 

with an open escapement 

instrument face and blue steel 

hand, housed in a reticulated 

and carved oak cradle stand 

the face 20cm diameter 

the cradle 45cm wide 

$120–200 

400 

A commemorative Arctic and 

Antarctica expeditions Adie 

Tendency barometer thermometer 

The James Clark Ross (1800- 

1862) Antarctica Expedition 

1839, with historical notes, 

produced by Nauticalia 


$60–100 

401 

An antique cased brass 

chrondrometer or corn balance, 

W.R Dell & Son, 26 Mark Lane, 

London, 19th century 

a portable instrument complete 

with instructions for the weighing 

of categories of grain, housed in 

a hardwood case that serves as 

the base plate for the assembled 

instrument 


15cm deep 

$200–300 

402 

A leather cased surveyor's 

instrument, A. G. Barker & 

Associates, Melbourne, circa 1940 

marked 'Surveyor's Aneroid 

Compensated', made in England, 

retailer A.G. Barker; leather case 

stamped Timbers 1940 

the instrument face 8cm diameter 

$100–200 

403 

A group of three vintage barographs, 

circa 1940-1980 

a bakelite cased barograph and two 

metal cased instruments, various 

makers including Thies Germany, 

retailed by Selby, and; Weathertronic, 

retailed by Dobbie Instruments, 

the bakelite model marked with 

trademark 


14cm deep 

$200–400 

404 

A vintage brass telescope 

the telescope mounted 

on a tripod base 

tube 95cm, the stand 145cm high 

$300–500

96 

405 

A wooden cased barograph, by 

Richard Freres, 20th century 

with a brass drum, eight bellows 

and recording arm, with key, 

stamped RF to base plate 

the case 15.5cm high, 28cm wide, 

13.5cm deep 

$300–500 

406 

A marine microbarograph, 

20th century 

for use at sea level, in painted metal 

with a brass coloured hinged and 

glazed cover, chrome components 

to the interior, manufactured by The 

Instruments Corporation, Baltimore, 

Maryland 

23.5cm high, 30.5cm wide, 

14.5cm deep 

$300–400 

407 

A group of four antique 

scientific instruments , 


a pocket forecaster by Negretti & 

Zambra, London; an Airy's altitude 

meter by Short & Mason Ltd; a 

instrument by Lizar's opticians, 

Glasgow, and; an improved surveying 

aneroid barometer, compensated, 

made in England for J.H Seward, 

Melbourne 

8cm diameter, largest instrument 

$200–400 

408 

A collection of desk and travelling 

clock barometer/thermometers, 

1930s-1950s 

comprising a leather cased travelling 

barometer/thermometer by Negretti 

& Zambra of London, a German made 

chrome desk clock retailed through 

T. Gaunt & Co, Melbourne, and a 

German gilt metal clock barometer/ 

thermometer 

the chrome desk piece 12 x 15cm 

$100–200 

409 

A small and rare antique cased brass 

hair hygrometer, 19th century 

a folding instrument for the reading 

of humidity in a velvet lined hard case 

27cm wide, case 

$100–140 

410 

A vintage microscope by Spencer, 

Buffalo USA and a binocular 

microscope by W. Watson & Sons, 

London, early 20th century 

of black finish with brass trims, 

the Spencer microscope on a 

horseshoe base, with a tubular 

pillar and mirror on a swinging bar, 

with various other eye pieces by 

Spencer and Wetlar, and; a tripod 

base Watson & Sons microscope 

with twin barrels and various 

eyepieces also by Watson & Sons, 

both housed in timber carry cases 

32.5cm high 

$350–400 

411 

A set of brass travelling gold scales, 

19th century 

with eight weights and housed in the 

original hard case 

the stand 22cm high when 

assembled 

$100–200 

412 

A collection of photographs and 

film relating to the exploration and 

industrialisation of British Columbia 

from 1908-1912 

$100–200 

413 

A polished wood fold-out specimen 

box, 19th century 

fitted with twelve trays for glass 

microscope slides, the prepared 

slides including some specimens 

from 1865, of the John Dancer type 

and some from the university of 

Bristol 

9.5cm high, 20.5cm wide, 

10.5cm deep 

$300–500 

414 

Three fiddleback blackwood 

walking sticks 

one with a horn handle 

the tallest 93cm high 

$200–300 

415 

Two Mount Hagen stone axes, 

New Guinea, 20th century 

both secured with decorative woven 

two colour rattan binding with 

similarly shaped and bound axe 

head shaped counterweights at the 

opposing end and affixed to tapering 

wood handles 


$200–300 

416 

Two large Victorian writing slopes, 

19th century 

a rosewood box with a shaped brass 

cartouche to the lid and escutcheon, 

and a brass bound and strapped 

walnut box 


27cm deep 

$100–200 

417 

An antique Smith Premier 50 

typewriter, 1920s 

36cm high 

$100–200 

418 

A framed set of Hamer Hall badges 

marking the re-opening of the hall, 

26th July 2013 

one each of all 4 badges handed to 

VIPs with colours denoting the level 

of VIP and their access rights within 

the building 

$100–150 

419 

A shaped piece of wood from the 

Primrose Potter Salon, Melbourne 

Recital Centre 

a gift from the Melbourne Recital 

Centre Executive to a former 

Victorian Arts Minister 

90cm long 

$100–200

97 

420 

A model of an RAAF F-111 

Jun 1973 - Dec 2010 

from a limited edition, 463/999 to 

commemorate the end of Australia's 

purchasing of the aircraft 

made from cast metal 

31cm long from vertical stabiliser 

to tip 

$60–100 

421 

WILLIAM FITZSIMONDS 

AND T LAVER 

Landscapes and Seascapes 

four watercolours 

two signed with initials: WGF, one 

signed and dated: T Laver 1912 

10.5 x14cm (average size) 

$100–200 

422 

HEATHER ELLIS 

Possums 1985 

realistic ring tail earthenware 

possums on a branch 

signed in pen to the branch, 

Heather Ellis, 1985 

the branch 82cm long 

$150–250 

423 

A horn hooked shepherd's crook 

together with a cane crook 

the largest crook 140cm long 

$200–400 

424 

A collection of domestic worked 

ivory implements and tools, 


including an etui and a brass pinned 

folding rule 

the etui 8cm long 

$100–200 

425 

A flag commemorating the Queen's 

Silver jubilee, 1977 

with applied stars and royal emblem 

110 x 225cm 

$100–200 

426 

A framed Hawksbill turtle shell 

44 x 40cm 

$300–500 ♦ 

427 

A porcupine quill box 

4.5cm high, 17.5cm wide, 10cm deep 

$100–200 

428 

An interesting mixed 

group of buttonhooks, 

early 19th to early 20th century 

comprising a Georgian bone handle 

hook engraved with initials and dated 

1809, a silver mounted deer hoof 

boot hook, and hooks with handles 

in various materials including antler, 

ivory, cellulose, faux tortoiseshell, 

guilloche enamel, together with an 

ivory shoehorn 

the hoof boot hook 29cm long 

$250–350 

429 

A commemorative Coronation glove 

buttonhook, 1902 

in gilt brass and depicting portraits of 

Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in 

low relief and surmounted by a crown 

enclosing a glass orb 

11cm long 

$100–150 

430 

A mixed group of buttonhooks, 

a shoehorn and glove stretcher, 


in various colours and shapes, in 

bakelite, lucite, faux shagreen and 

tortoiseshell, and simulated piqué 

20cm and smaller 

$120–220 

431 

A large conch shell 

20.5cm high 

$150–250 

432 

A plate commemorating the 150th 

anniversary of Sydney New South 

Wales, Wood & Sons Ltd, Burslem, 

England, circa 1938 

in blue and white and depicting each 

of the governors of New South Wales 

from 1788 to 1938, black factory mark 

and list of governors underside 

27cm diameter 

$200–300 

433 

A taxidermied Shingleback Lizard, 

Australia 

32cm long 

$100–200 

434 

A cased gold weighing set 


13.5cm deep. 

$100–200 

435 

A commemorative ship model 

produced for Thos. & Jno 

Brocklebank Ltd., 1935 

the model in painted metal stamped 

in relief underneath, 'Brocklebanks 

1770 onwards' 

17.5cm long 

NOTE 

One of the oldest firms in merchant 

shipping, Thos. & Jno Brocklebank 

Ltd., was founded in 1801 by the 

sons of Captain Daniel Brocklebank, 

shipbuilder and master mariner who 

commenced his enterprise near 

Portland Maine, North America, 

in 1770. The business moved to 

Whitehaven five years later and then 

to Liverpool remaining family run 

until 1911. By 1935, the firm had been 

majority acquired by Cunard Lines. 

$200–300 

436 

An Australian gold football medallion 

stylised with scroll detail with an 

image of a football player, set in 9ct 

gold and inscribed verso "Best and 

Fairest Newmerella Football Club 

1929", 7.80gms. 

$150–200

98 

437 

A complimentary ship model 

produced, R.M.S 'Orion' produced for 

Orient Lines, mid 20th century 

enamel painted galvanised metal 

in presentation box, with ship 

particulars and marking the passage 

between England and Australia 

the model 16.5cm long 

NOTE 

The Orient Steam Navigation 

Company launched the ocean liner 

'R.M.S Orion' in 1934, a landmark 

vessel noted for its modern, 

uncluttered and airy interiors in 

chrome and bakelite designed 

to provide greater comfort for 

passengers during tropical ocean 

voyages. During the Second World 

War the ship carried troops in the 

Pacific theatre. Orion was retired in 

1963. 

$200–300 

438 

A vintage oak box reputedly 

crafted from wood panelling 

from the officer's wardrooms, 

Cerberus 1869-1924 

the box with copper plaque for 

Cerberus to lid, copper image 

of the vessel to inside lid 


$100–200 

439 

A pair of carved maple wall panels, 


30.5 x 20cm 

$100–200 

440 

An Australian colonial blackwood and 

cedar bed, 19th century 

with turned supports and rails with 

finials, and shaped cedar head and 

foot boards 

120 x 133cm 

$300–500 

441 

A Victorian mahogany table top 

toilette mirror, 19th century 

raised on wrythen supports with ball 

finials upon a shaped base 


$60–80 

442 

A coopered barrel rocking stool 

by Timbits, Yandoit, Victoria 

with brass maker's plaque 

$200–300 

443 

A single drawer cedar side table, 

Australian, 19th century 

the rectangular top with a chamfered 

edge above a single frieze drawer 

and raised on turned legs 75cm high, 

92cm wide, 42.5cm deep 

$200–300 

444 

A hardwood rocking chair 

the square back rocker with a shaped 

crest and scrolling arms, upholstered 

in a floral print 

$100–200 

445 

Three Australian spindle back 

kitchen chairs, made by the 

Melbourne Chair Company, 


impressed with a kangaroo 

design to the cresting rail 

PROVENANCE 

Formerly in the Sheriff's Residence, 

1 Camp Crescent, Castlemaine, 

circa 1854 

$300–500 

446 

A colonial cedar dressing table 

mirror, late 19th century 

with an arched mirror with original 

plate between turned supports and 

raised on a tiered and shaped base 

with squashed bun feet 

$200–300 

447 

Two stained glass panels 

one panel featuring yellow roses and 

the companion with red roses 

both panes 105cm high x 44.5cm wide 

larger frame 124 x 53cm 

$200–300 

448 

A late Victorian mahogany extension 

dining table, 19th century 

with two leaves and raised on turned 

legs with brass casters 

the table 74cm high, 196cm wide 

(with leaves), 105cm deep 

PROVENANCE 

Drake House, Australian Catholic 

University (ACU) 

$200–300 

449 

A small Colonial style pine hanging 

shelf 


$60–100 

450 

A pair of bentwood side chairs 

with slightly shaped top rails and 

splats, the legs united by circular 

stretchers 

$80–120 

451 

A glazed associated cedar bookcase, 


with twin arched glazed doors, the 

extended base with ogee profile 

frieze drawers and cupboards with 

carved scroll details and corbels 

above a plinth base 


$200–400 

452 

A small gilt tooled green leather top 

cedar desk, late 19th century 

with twin drawers and raised on 

turned legs 


$200–400 

453 

A pine spindle back carver 

with outswept arms and turned legs 

119cm high 

$100–200 

454 

A large giltwood overmantel mirror, 


145 x 148cm 

$300–500

99 

455 

A large maroon leather bound 

steamer trunk, late 19th century 

with black strapping and studding to 

the domed top, handles to each side 


$200–300 

456 

A cedar toilet mirror, 19th century 

the channel framed oval mirror within 

scroll supports above a shaped base 

with twin lidded compartments 

75cm high 

$100–200 

457 

An Australian cedar writing desk, 


the four drawer desk together with a 

spindle back chair 


$300–500 

458 

An Australian cedar toilet mirror, 

19th century 

the arching mirror with scrolling 

supports upon an extended base 

62.5cm high, 49cm wide, 

21.5cm deep 

$100–200 

459 

A Victorian cast iron toilet mirror 

49 x 42cm 

$200–300 

460 

Two Australian themed fireside coal 

boxes, early 20th century 

dark toned hammered brass boxes 

with koala motifs in relief and leather 

topped lids with hammered yellow 

brass framing 


$250–350 

461 

A collection of five fox skulls 

professionally cleaned and fully intact 

with teeth 


$200–300 

462 

An Australian themed cedar 

and embossed brass fire screen, 


featuring a koala on a eucalypt 

branch, with a scrolling crest 

embellishment and trestle base 


PROVENANCE 

The Marvin Hurnall collection 

$250–350 

463 

A cobalt blue glass bowl by 

Stephen Morris, Australia 

etched signature to the partly 

polished pontil: Stephen Morris 

26cm diameter 

$60–100 

464 

A collection of antique and vintage 

bottles including apothecary items 

comprising approximately twelve 

pieces 


$100–200 

465 

A rare Australian glass jug from The 

Bendigo Jubilee Gold Exhibition, 1901 

a pressed and etched jug offered 

as a souvenir of the exhibition, to 

celebrate 50 years since the first 

discovery of gold in the region, 

engraved ‘Bendigo Gold Exhibition’ 

and ‘Mutter’, (mother) 

14cm high 

$300–500 

466 

An Early Boomerang, Darling River 

Region (19th Century) 

carved hardwood 

75cm 

PROVENANCE 

Private Collection, Sydney 

Mossgreen Auctions, Melbourne, 

Australian Indigenous & Oceanic Art, 

23 July 2014, Lot 251 


$300–500 

467 

A collection of twelve indigenous 

spears, Central Australia 


$300–500 

468 

A basalt 'pestle' and two grinding 

bowls 

the largest bowl 20cm diameter 

$200–300 

469 

A decorative hardstone axe, 

Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea 

secured with decorative woven two 

colour rattan binding, with a similarly 

shaped and bound axe head shaped 

counterweight at the opposing end 

and affixed to tapering wood handle 

65cm long 

$100–200 

470 

Three red ochre painted coolamons, 



$100–200 

471 

Two early carved wunda shields, 



$200–300 

472 

A Queensland 'pineapple headed' 

club together with a bulbous headed 

club 

the club with incised burnt 

decoration 83.5cm long 

$200–300 

473 

Two straight wood clubs, 


the incised handled club 47cm long 

$150–250 

474 

Three indigenous fluted wood clubs, 



$300–500

100 

475 

An ochre painted didgeridoo, 

Central Arnhem land, 1960s 

together with a pokerwork decorated 

club 

the didgeridoo 94cm long, 

the club 53cm long 

$100–200 

476 

A gold prefect prize badge 

central monogram 'MLC', 

crafted in 9ct gold by H Taylor, 


$180–240 

477 

An antique Australian gold and 

enamel coat of arms pin 

circular form with multi colour 

enamelled coat of arms, inscribed 

to the reverse, suspended from 

a pin fitting, crafted in 9ct gold 

by Willis and Sons Melbourne, 

total weight 7.5gms 

$400–500 

478 

An antique Australian gold fob 

the medallion having a central coat of 

arms with further engraved detail and 

having an inscription to the reverse, 

crafted in 9ct gold by Aronson 

Melbourne, total weight 3.65gms. 

$200–300 

479 

A sterling silver pocket watch 

key wind and set, white enamel dial 

with black Roman numerals and 

delicate floral decoration, sterling 

silver engraved case, suspended 

from a bar brooch 

38mm diameter 

$30–50 

480 

An Edwardian seed pearl and green 

paste brooch 

$200–300 

481 

Two gold and gem set brooches 

Comprising an opal triplet brooch in 

9ct gold and a pearl and 9ct gold bar 

brooch, total weight 10.95gms. 

$150–200 

482 

A gold and opal flying duck pendant 

Crafted in 9ct gold and centrally set 

with an oval solid white opal cut en 

cabochon, total weight 2.7gms. 

$120–180 

483 

A pair of gold and enamel cufflinks 

Of circular form with blue enamel 

depicting the map of Australia, 

crafted in 15ct gold, total weight 

8.80gms. 

$220–280 

484 

A collection of four Australian 

gold brooches 

all crafted in 9ct gold, 

various jewellers hallmarks, 


$300–500 

485 

An antique Australian gold 

and amethyst brooch 

15ct gold, Australian jewellers 

hallmarks, total weight 4.95gms 

$200–300 

486 

An Australian gold presentation 

medal 

Cartouche form medal suspended 

from a bar all with engraved 

decoration. Engraved with the 

inscription "Eureka College First Prize 

Declamation Contest", inscribed to 

the reverse J K Walker May 24 -66, 

4.8gms 

$100–200 

487 

An Australian gold medallion 

Prize medallion for maestro of the 

violin, modelled as a violin with 

crossed bows amongst laurel leaves, 

inscribed and dated 1920, 4.15gms 

$100–200 

488 

An antique Australian gold bamboo 

bangle 

hinged oval form 9ct gold wax 

filled made by Willis of Melbourne, 


$100–200 

489 

A pair of antique Australian 

gold cufflinks 

Oval polished form with dumbbell 

terminals, crafted in 15ct gold, 


$300–400 

490 

A gold and opal bangle 

Of reeded oval form having a woven 

engraved panel set with solid white 

opals cut en cabochon, garnet and 

seed pearls, crafted in 9ct gold, 


$250–350 

491 

A Waltham USA rolled gold Hunter 

presentation pocket watch, 

circa 1920 

with 15 jewels, curvette inscribed to 

W. Greighton Esq, of the Fairfield 

West Progress Association, 1922 

51mm diameter 

$150–200 

492 

Map of Port Western 

from the original by Captain 

J L Stokes 1843 

steel engraving 

44.5 x 62.5cm 

$100–200 

493 

Van Diemen's Island or Tasmania 

John Tallis Co, London & New York 


The Illustrations by H. Warren & 

Engraved by J. Rogers 

35.5 x 25.5cm image size 

$150–250 

494 

CARTE REDUITE-DE LA MER DE 

SUD 1753. 

and 

CHART OF PART OF THE COAST OF 

NEW SOUTH WALES FROM CAPE 

TRIBULATION TO ENDEAVOUR 

STRAITS BY LIEUT. J COOK 1770 

two engravings 

each with printed text in image 

20.5 x 35.5cm and 30 x 34cm 

$200–400

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495 

A scale model pond yacht, 

20th century 

a single mast yacht in painted 

wood with three cotton sails, 

presented in a display cradle 

110cm high, 115cm long 

$300–500 

496 

A nickel plate cast metal lighthouse 

lamp, circa 1930 

modelled as a tapering lighthouse on 

a rocky outcrop, with a mottled glass 

orb shade 

48cm high 

$300–500 

497 

A small bronze bust of Horatio Lord 

Nelson, 19th century 

modelled in naval uniform with 

cross-sash and epaulettes 

20cm high 

$300–500 

498 

Diplomystus Dentatus, reputedly 

Eocene Period 

fossilized fish specimens 

sourced Lincoln County, Wyoming, 

USA 

31cm high, 67cm wide (irregular) 

PROVENANCE 

Crystal World, Melbourne 

$200–400 

499 

A hardstone axe head 

together with a bone carving and 

a white clay pipe marked 'EP' 

the bone carving 35cm long, 

the pipe 43cm long 

the axe head 25cm long, 

12cm at widest point 

$200–300 

500 

A fossilised stone encased trilobite 

30cm across 

$300–500 

501 

Two fossilised Diplomystus 

the largest 7.5 x 12cm 

$100–200 

502 

A collection of rock, geology 

and fossilised wood specimens, 

including hardstone arrowheads 


$200–300 

503 

A collection of fossilised teeth, 

mineralised mammoth tusk and 

mammoth ivory 

the largest piece 6cm long 

$300–500 

504 

Two painted and carved wood 

masks, Sepik River Region, 


Two carved and painted wood masks, 

Sepik River Region, Papua New 

Guinea 

including a black pigmented 'Spirit' 

mask 


$200–300 

505 

A carved wood crocodile, Bozo tribe, 

Mali, West Africa, early 20th century 

157cm long 

$100–200 

506 

A Fijian Kiakavo club, 


85cm long 

$250–350 

507 

An aboriginal wooden spear-thrower, 

North Queensland 

with a wood peg attached at a 

right angle to distal end by fibre 

string and resin and two oval 

sections of bivalve shell attached 

to proximal end by resin 

82.5cm long 

$250–350 

508 

An early Massim lime spatula, 


39cm long 

$300–400 

509 

A decorative shell and feather mask, 


34cm diameter 

$100–200 

510 

A large ebony Massim sword club, 


77cm long 

$200–400 

511 

A large Huon Gulf Kundu drum, 

New Guinea 

an incised design to the 

central handle, with a lizard 

skin resonant head 

67cm high 

$100–200 

512 

A carved figural staff together 

with a Huon Gulf sago spoon 


$150–250 

513 

Two carved New Guinea crocodiles, 

together with a carved boab nut, 

Kimberley's, Western Australia 


$100–200 

514 

Two Dayak blowpipes, 

Berau District Borneo, Kalimantan 

both acquired in 1983, the shorter for 

active hunting use in the headwaters 

of the local river system; the longer 

acquired in the regional town of 

Tanjung Redeb; both blowpipes have 

matching bamboo arrow holders 

complete with arrows 

the largest blowpipe 205cm long 

the largest bamboo arrow holder 

32 x 5.5cm 

$350–450 

515 

A Papuan Gulf Gope board 

together with an Abelam mask 

the board 67cm long, 

the mask 49cm long 

$150–250

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516 

A lizard skin kundu drum, 

Massim Region 

the long curved body with a 

crosshatched handle, and raised 

relief carved animal and human 

heads to each side 

70cm high 

$200–300 

517 

Three New Guinea Highland axes 

with stone blades 


$200–300 

518 

A garamut drum, food hook 

and alligator stool, Sepik River, 


each piece with inset cowrie shell 

eyes 

the horizontal slit-gong drum 


$300–400 

519 

A ceremonial paddle, 

Trobriand Islands 

153cm high 

$100–200 

520 

A decorative collection of ebonised 

spirit carvings 

comprising a pierced Nias totem 

together with a Nagas figure, 

Indonesia and two mask wall 

hangings 

the totem 93cm high 

$100–200 

521 

A decorative flute from the Middle 

Sepik River region and a hardstone 

embellished staff 

the flute 138cm long when assembled 

$100–200 

522 

A North East Arnhem land club, early 

1960's , together with a pokerwork 

coolamon and a carved New Guinea 

spirit mask 

the club with a later lacquer finish 

the feather edged mask 45cm long 

$100–200 

523 

A collection of curios from 

New Guinea, including a pig jaw 

comprising a lime bowl with 

cassowarry bone spatula from 

Tambanum and a koteka 

the pig jaw 40cm long 

$100–200 

524 

An ancestral figure, Murik Lakes, 

New Guinea together with an 

Oceanic devil figure 

the ancestral figure 41cm high 

$100–200 

525 

Three Aztec style crushed malachite 

set wall plaques, 1960s 

22.5 x 17.5cm 

$100–200 

526 

A collection of Massim lime spatulas, 


comprising six pieces with 

figural and pierced handles 


$200–300 

527 

Two large Massim lime spatulas, 



$200–300 

528 

A collection of carved wood spirit 

figures, Papua New Guinea 

comprising a Middle Ramu figure, 

two carved wood hooks and a 

pigment painted souvenir mask, 

Middle Sepik River 

the largest figure 71.5cm high 

$200–300 

529 

A figural roof finial carving together 

with a white and red painted souvenir 

mask, Sepik River, New Guinea 

the hornbill headed finial 

155.5cm high 

$150–250 

530 

A Yipwon hunting charm 

together with an ancestral mask, 

Blackwater Lakes and a spirit mask, 

Sepik River New Guinea 

the hunting charm 94cm long 

$300–500 

531 

A hornbill motif roof finial, 

East Sepik Province, New Guinea 

together with two squat pierced spirit 

figures in the Tambanum village style 

the roof finial 152cm high 

$300–400 

532 

A carved bone 'dragon' motif blow 

pipe, Indonesian 

142cm long 

$100–150 

533 

A large ceremonial painted shield, 

Blackwater, Sepik River, New Guinea 

the incised and ochre painted face 

with inset shell eyes 

78 x 37cm 

$200–300 

534 

A female ancestral figure, 

Sepik River, Papua New Guinea 

the standing figure with cowrie shell 

eyes inset to a red and black painted 

oversize head surmounted by a 

bird, with draping fibre ornaments 

extending from the ears and nose, 

leading to an exposed torso, a woven 

grass fibre skirt to the waist and 

squatting legs 

117cm high 

$200–300 

535 

Three oil pots, Highlands Region, 

New Guinea 

each hollowed gourd form with woven 

grass bracing and strapping 

30cm high and smaller 

$100–200

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536 

A large collection of spears and 

arrows, Papua New Guinea 

variously decorated with woven grass 

binding, pigment, pokerwork and 

piercing 


$100–200 

537 

A collection of eight glazed slipware 

ramekins by Martin Boyd 

in various hues of pink, teal, green 

incised signature to base 

5.5cm high 

$60–100 

538 

A collection of ten glazed slipware 

ramekins by Martin Boyd 

in shades of blue, teal, yellow, 

taupe and pink 

incised signature to base 

the largest 5.5cm high 

$100–200 

539 

A collection of twelve glazed 

slipware ramekins by Martin Boyd 

in shades of yellow, tan, 

green and brown 

incised signatures to base 

the largest 5.5cm high 

$120–200 

540 

An Australian studio pottery lamp, 

circa 1970 

glazed and pierced with applied 

decorations, the removable cover 

with a cluster of coral polyp sconces, 

unmarked, with electrical fittings 

43cm high 

$200–300 

541 

SONY MANNING (BORN 1949) 

an earthenware plate with a clay 

and pigment inlaid landscape scene 

featuring hybrid horse-wolf animals 

32.5cm diameter 

$100–200 

542 

SONY MANNING (BORN 1949) 

Three vases 

two ovoid vases dusky blue and 

peach colours, with a larger vase 

featuring a characteristic hybrid wolf 

horse creature on a cream ground 

the largest vase 11cm 

$140–200 

543 

A collection of Australian pottery 

by Ellisware 

approximately twenty pieces 

incised signatures to each base 

the largest piece 20cm high 

$100–200 

544 

A collection of four vintage Don 

Tallon and William Gunn cricket bats 


$200–300 

545 

Two vintage 'greedy boy' style money 

boxes, one cast iron, the other 

aluminium, early to mid 20th century 

mechanical money boxes with lever 

operated arms for inserting coins, 

one figure painted with a green coat, 

the other in bright red 

10cm high 

$250–350 

546 

An opal pendant and chain 

Oval solid white opal cut en cabochon 

measuring 24 x 15mm, bezel set in a 

pierced silver frame and suspended 

from a flat link silver chain, total 

weight 10gms. 

$100–200 

547 

An Australian gum nut moulded glass 

powder bowl, circa 1930 

in frosted blush pink 

17.5cm diameter 

$100–200 

End of Sale

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Terms & Conditions of Sale 

The Terms and Conditions of Sale listed here contain 

the policies of Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers Pty 

Ltd (herein after referred to as "Gibson's"). They are 

the Terms on which Gibson's and the Seller contract 

with the Buyer. They may be amended by printed 

Saleroom Notices or oral announcements made 

before and during the Sale. By Bidding at Auction, 

you agree to be bound by these terms. 

1. Definitions 

The following conditions that are listed contain 

terms that are used regularly and have the following 

meanings: 

"Auction" means the event at which any Lot is 

offered for Sale by Gibson's. 

"Auctioneer" means the representative of Gibson's 

conducting the Auction. 

"Bid" / "Bidder" means the action of notifying the 

Auctioneer of the intention to purchase the Lot by 

the Prospective Buyer. The Bidder is any person or 

entity that makes this makes this action. Bidding is 

understood by both the Bidder and Gibson's to be 

contractually obliging. 

“Buyer” means the person with the highest Bid 

accepted by the Auctioneer. 

“Buyer's Premium” means the charge payable by 

the Buyer to the Auction house as a percentage of 

the Hammer Price. 

“Company” means Gibson’s Auctions Pty Ltd, 

trading as Gibson’s Auctions. 

“Forgery” means an item constituting an imitation 

originally conceived and executed with fraudulent 

intention to deceive as to authorship, origin, age, 

period, culture, provenance or source where the 

correct description as to such matters is not 

reflected by the description in the catalogue. 

Accordingly, no Lot shall be capable of being a 

forgery by reason of any damage or restoration work 

of any kind (including re-painting). 

“Hammer Price” means the amount of the highest 

Bid accepted by the Auctioneer in relation to a Lot. 

“Insured Value” means the amount that Gibson's 

in its absolute discretion from time to time shall 

consider the value for which a Lot should be covered 

for insurance (whether or not insurance is arranged 

by Gibson's). 

“Lot” means any item within the Sale for Auction 

and in particular the item or items described against 

any Lot number in the catalogue. 

"Prospective Buyer" means any person or entity 

with the intention of purchasing any Lot in the 

Auction. 

“Reserve” means the confidential lowest amount 

at which Gibson's has contractually agreed with the 

Seller that the Lot can be sold. 

"Sale" means any private treaty or Auction Sale at 

which a Lot is offered for Sale. 

“Seller” means (as appropriate) the owner, their 

agent, executors or personal representatives, or 

the person in possession of the property consigned 

for Auction. Multiple owners, agents or persons in 

possession shall jointly and severally assume all 

obligations, liabilities, representations, warranties 

and indemnities in relation to the Sale of the Lot. 

"Dollars" or "$" means Australian currency. All Bids, 

Hammer Price, Reserves, Buyer's Premium and 

other expressions of value are understood to be in 

Australian Dollars unless otherwise specified. 

2. Gibson’s Auctioneers 

& Valuers as Agent 

Except as otherwise stated Gibson's acts as agent 

for the Seller. 

The contract for the Sale of the property is therefore 

made between the Seller and the Buyer. 

3. Before the Sale 

A) EXAMINATION OF PROPERTY 

Prospective Buyers are strongly advised to examine 

in person any property in which they are interested 

before the Auction takes place. Neither Gibson's 

nor the Seller provides any guarantee in relation to 

the nature of the property apart from the Limited 

Warranty in the paragraph below. The property is 

otherwise sold “as is”. 

B) CATALOGUE AND OTHER DESCRIPTIONS 

All statements by Gibson's in the catalogue entry 

for the property or in the condition report, or made 

orally or in writing elsewhere, are statements of 

opinion and are not to be relied upon as statements 

of fact. Such statements do not constitute a 

representation, warranty or assumption of liability 

by Gibson's of any kind. References in the catalogue 

entry to the condition report, including damage 

or restoration are for guidance only and should be 

evaluated by personal inspection by the Bidder or 

a knowledgeable representative. The absence of 

such a reference does not imply that an item is free 

from defects or restoration, nor does a reference to 

particular defects imply the absence of any others. 

Estimates of the selling price should not be relied 

on as a statement that this is the price at which 

the item will sell or its value for any other purpose. 

Neither Gibson's nor the Seller is responsible for 

any errors or omissions in the catalogue or any 

supplemental material. 

Images are measured height by width. Illustrations 

are provided only as a guide and should not be relied 

upon as a true representation of colour or condition. 

Images are not shown at a standard scale. Mention 

is rarely made of frames (which may be provided as 

supplementary images on the website) which do 

not form part of the Lot as described in the printed 

catalogue. 

All transactions are in Australian Dollars so there 

may be a small exchange rate risk, for international 

Buyers. The costs associated with acquiring a goods 

certificate will be borne by the Buyer. If the item 

turns out to be a Forgery or otherwise incorrectly 

described, all reasonable costs will be borne by 

the Seller. 

C) BUYER'S RESPONSIBILITY 

All property is sold “as is” without representation 

or warranty of any kind by Gibson's or the Seller. 

Buyers are responsible for satisfying themselves 

concerning the condition of the property and the 

matters referred to in the catalogue by requesting a 

condition report. 

4. At the Sale 

A) REFUSAL OF ADMISSION 

Gibson's reserves the right at our complete 

discretion to refuse admission to the Auction 

premises or participation in any Auction and to 

reject any Bid. 

B) REGISTRATION BEFORE BIDDING 

Any new Prospective Buyer must complete and 

sign a registration form and provide photographic 

identification before Bidding. Gibson's may 

request bank, trade or other financial references to 

substantiate this registration. 

C) BIDDING AS A PRINCIPAL 

When making a Bid, a Bidder is accepting personal 

liability to pay the purchase price including the 

Buyer's Premium and all applicable taxes, plus 

all other applicable charges, unless it has been 

explicitly agreed in writing with Gibson's before 

the commencement of the Sale that the Bidder is 

acting as agent on behalf of an identified third party 

acceptable to Gibson's and that Gibson's will only 

look to the principal for payment. 

D) INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATIONS 

All international clients not known to Gibson's will 

be required to scan or fax through an accredited 

form of photo identification and pay a deposit at our 

discretion in cleared funds into Gibson's account 

at least 48 hours before the commencement of 

the Auction. Bids will not be accepted without 

this deposit. Gibson's also reserves the right to 

request any additional forms of identification prior 

to registering an overseas Bid. This deposit can be 

made using a credit card, however the balance of 

any purchase price in excess of $5,000 cannot be 

charged to this card without prior arrangement. This 

deposit is redeemable against any Auction purchase. 

E) ABSENTEE BIDS 

Gibson's will use reasonable efforts to execute 

written Bids delivered to us at least 24 hours prior 

to the Sale for the convenience of those clients 

who are unable to attend the Auction in person. 

If Gibson's receives identical written Bids on a 

particular Lot, and at the Auction these are the 

highest Bids on that Lot, then the Lot will be sold 

to the person whose written Bid was received and 

accepted first. Execution of written Bids is a free 

service undertaken subject to other commitments 

at the time of the Sale and we do not accept liability 

for failing to execute a written Bid or for errors 

or omissions which may arise. It is the Bidder’s 

responsibility to check with Gibson's after the 

Auction if they were successful. Unlimited or 

“Buy” Bids will not be accepted. Please refer to our 

indicative Bidding increments below for appropriate 

absentee Bid amounts (Section K). 

F) TELEPHONE BIDS 

Priority will be given to overseas and interstate 

Bidders. Arrangements for this service must be 

confirmed at least 24 hours prior to the Auction 

commencing. Gibson's accepts no responsibility 

whatsoever for any errors or failure to execute Bids. 

In telephone Bidding the Buyer agrees to be bound 

by all terms and conditions listed here and accepts 

that Gibson's cannot be held responsible for any 

miscommunications in the process. The success 

of telephone Bidding cannot be guaranteed due to 

circumstances that are unforeseen. Buyers should 

be aware of the risk and accept the consequences 

should contact be unsuccessful at the time of 

Auction. You must advise Gibson's of the Lots in 

question and recommend a ‘Cover Bid’ amount 

should there be any issues with technology or 

communication via the telephone number provided. 

Gibson's will advise Telephone Bidders who have 

registered at least 24 hours before the Auction of 

any relevant changes to descriptions, withdrawals or 

any other Sale room notices. 

G) ONLINE BIDDING 

Gibson's accepts no responsibility for any 

errors, failure to execute Bids or any other 

miscommunications regarding this process. It is the 

online Bidder’s responsibility to ensure the accuracy 

of the relevant information regarding Bids, Lot 

numbers and contact details.

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H) RESERVES 

Unless otherwise indicated, all Lots are offered 

subject to a Reserve, which is the confidential 

minimum price below which the Lot will not be 

sold. The Reserve will not exceed the low estimate 

printed in the catalogue. The Auctioneer may open 

the Bidding on any Lot below the Reserve by placing 

a Bid on behalf of the Seller. The Auctioneer may 

continue to Bid on behalf of Seller up to the amount 

of the Reserve, either by placing consecutive Bids or 

by placing Bids in response to other Bidders. 

I) AUCTIONEER'S DISCRETION 

The Auctioneer has the right at his absolute and 

sole discretion to refuse any Bid, to advance the 

Bidding in such a manner as he may decide, to 

withdraw or divide any Lot, to combine any two or 

more Lots and, in the case or error or dispute and 

whether during or after the Sale, to determine the 

successful Bidder, to continue the Bidding, to cancel 

the Sale or to re-offer and resell the item in dispute. 

In the event of a dispute, or the Auctioneer or the 

Company is of the opinion that there has been a 

misunderstanding or mistake regarding a Sale or a 

Lot the subject of a Sale, the Auctioneer may rescind 

the Sale and put any Lot up for a Second Auction. If 

a Sale is rescinded, the Company may put the Lot up 

at a second Auction, offer the Lot for sale by private 

treaty or withdraw the Lot from sale entirely. 

J) SUCCESSFUL BID AND PASSING OF RISK 

Subject to the Auctioneer’s discretion, on the 

acceptance of a Bid by the fall of the Auctioneer's 

hammer, a contract of sale is made between the 

Seller and the Buyer. Risk and responsibility for the 

Lot (including frames or glass where relevant) passes 

immediately to the Buyer. Gibson's shall not be liable 

for any breach of contract by either the Seller or 

the Buyer. 

K) INDICATIVE BIDDING STEPS, ETC. 

Gibson's reserves the right to refuse any Bid, 

withdraw any Lot from Sale, to place a Reserve on 

any Lot and to advance the Bidding according to 

the following: 

Increment Amount 

Dollar Range 

$20 $0–$500 

$50 $500–$1,000 

$100 $1,000–$2,000 

$200 $2,000–$5,000 

$500 $5,000–$10,000 

$1,000 $10,000–$20,000 

$2,000 $20,000–$50,000 

$5,000 $50,000–$100,000 

$10,000 $100,000–$200,000 

$20,000 $200,000–$500,000 

$50,000 $500,000–$1,000,000 

Absentee Bids must follow these increments and 

any Bids that don’t follow the steps will be rounded 

up to the nearest acceptable Bid. 

5. After the Sale 

A) BUYER'S PREMIUM 

In addition to the Hammer Price, the Buyer agrees 

to pay to Gibson's the Buyer's Premium. The Buyer's 

Premium is 22% of the Hammer Price plus GST. 

(Goods and Services Tax) where applicable. 

B) ONLINE SURCHARGE 

In the case where the Buyer purchases via online 

Bidding platforms, the Buyer agrees to pay the online 

Bidding surcharge of 2% (Gibsons.com.au) or 5% 

(Invaluable.com) plus GST, where applicable. 

C) PAYMENT AND PASSING OF TITLE 

The Buyer must pay the full amount due (comprising 

the Hammer Price, Buyer's Premium and any 

applicable taxes and GST) not later than three (3) 

days after the Auction date. 

The Buyer will not acquire title for the Lot until 

Gibson's receives full payment in cleared funds, and 

no goods under any circumstances will be released 

without confirmation of cleared funds received. 

This applies even if the Buyer wishes to send items 

interstate or overseas. 

Payment can be made by the following means: 

• Bank Transfer/Direct Deposit is our preferred 

method of payment 

Account Name: Gibson's Auctions 

Bank: 

Bank of Melbourne 

(A division of St George) 

BSB: 193879 

Account No: 441701443 

Swift Code: SGBLAU2S 

Routing Code: 021000021 

Bank Address: 197-201 Glenferrie Road, 

Malvern, Vic, 3144 

The Buyer is responsible for any bank fees and 

charges applicable for the transfer of funds into 

Gibson's account 

• Personal, Company and Bank Cheques are not 

accepted without prior approval. 

• EFTPOS (no charge) 

• Credit cards: Visa and Mastercard (1% incl GST 

merchant fee) and American Express (1.5% incl 

GST merchant fee) 

Please note that credit card transactions over 

$5,000 will not be accepted over the telephone 

unless by prior arrangement. 

• Cash up to AU$10,000 can accepted in 

cash. For any amount over this, cash is to be 

deposited directly into our account at a Bank of 

Melbourne/St George branch 

D) COLLECTION OF PURCHASES & INSURANCE 

Gibson's is entitled to retain items sold until all 

amounts due to us have been received in full in good 

cleared funds. Subject to this, the Buyer shall collect 

purchased Lots within three (3) days from the date of 

the Sale unless otherwise agreed in writing between 

Gibson's and the Buyer. 

At the fall of the hammer, insurance is the 

responsibility of the purchaser. 

E) PACKING, HANDLING AND SHIPPING 

At the request of the Buyer, Gibson's may assist with 

packing of goods but takes no responsibility for loss, 

damage or breakage that may occur. Gibson's at 

the request of the Buyer may arrange for a carrier, 

packer or shipper to have the property packed, 

insured and shipped at the Buyer’s expense. All 

packing, shipping, insurance, postage & associated 

charges will be borne by the purchaser. Gibson's can 

assist with removal companies that the Buyer can 

use but takes no responsibility whatsoever for the 

actions of any recommended third party. 

F) CULTURAL HERITAGE EXPORT LICENCES 

Unless otherwise agreed by Gibson's in writing, the 

fact that the Buyer wishes to apply for an export 

licence does not affect their obligation to make full 

payment immediately, nor Gibson's right to charge 

interest or storage charges on late payment. It is 

the responsibility of the Buyer to check Australia’s 

Protection of Moveable Cultural Heritage Act 

1986 prior to purchase. Export/import licences 

applications are the responsibility of the Buyer and/ 

or the Buyer's nominated shipper. Gibson's shall 

not be obliged to rescind a Sale nor to refund any 

expenses incurred by the Buyer in circumstances 

where an export licence is not granted. 

G) REMEDIES FOR NON-PAYMENT 

If the Buyer fails to make full payment immediately, 

Gibson's is entitled to exercise one or more of the 

following rights or remedies (in addition to asserting 

any other rights or remedies available under the law) 

i) to charge interest at the ANZ visa credit card 

rate as published weekly in the Australian 

Financial Review; 

ii) 

iii) 

iv) 

to hold the defaulting Buyer liable for the 

total amount due and to commence legal 

proceedings for its recovery along with interest, 

legal fees and costs to the fullest extent 

permitted under applicable law; 

to cancel the Sale; 

to resell the property publicly or privately on 

such terms as the Company sees fit; 

v) to pay the Seller an amount up to the net 

proceeds payable in respect of the amount Bid 

by the defaulting Buyer. In these circumstances 

the defaulting Buyer can have no claim upon 

Gibson's in the event that the Lot(s) are sold for 

an amount greater than the original invoiced 

amount; 

vi) 

to offset against any amounts which 

Gibson's may owe the Buyer across any other 

transactions; 

viii) to reject at any future Auction any Bids made by 

or on behalf of the Buyer or to obtain a deposit 

from the Buyer prior to accepting any Bids; 

ix) 

to exercise all the rights and remedies of a 

person holding security over any property in 

our possession owned by the Buyer whether by 

way of pledge, security interest or in any other 

way, to the fullest extent permitted by the law 

of the place where such property is located. 

The Buyer will be deemed to have been granted 

such security to us and we may retain such 

property as collateral security for such Buyer’s 

obligations to the Company; 

x) to take such other action as the Company 

deems necessary or appropriate. 

H) FAILURE TO COLLECT PURCHASES 

Where purchases are not collected within three (3) 

days from the Sale date, whether or not payment has 

been made, the Company shall be permitted to: 

i) remove, store and further insure the Lot at the 

expense of the Buyer, releasing only after full 

payment has been received from the Buyer for 

incurred costs; 

ii) 

iii) 

re-sell the Lot without Reserve by Auction, 

private treaty or any other means whereby the 

Buyer agrees not to challenge the resale price 

achieved. 

rescind the Sale of that Lot or any other Lot sold 

by the Seller to the Buyer at the same or any 

other Auction. 

If Gibson's do re-sell the property under clauses H 

and G, the defaulting Buyer agrees to be liable for 

all payments of any deficiency between the total 

amount originally due and the price obtained, as well 

as the legal as all costs, expenses, damages, legal 

fees, commissions and premiums of whatever kinds 

associated with both Sales or otherwise arising from 

the default. 

6. Extent of Gibson's Liability 

Gibson's agrees to refund the purchase price in the 

circumstances of the Limited Warranty set out in 

paragraph 7. Apart from that, neither the Seller nor 

the Company, nor any of the Company’s employees 

or agents are responsible for the correctness of any 

statement of whatever kind concerning any Lot, 

whether written or oral, nor for any other errors or 

omissions in description or for any faults or defects 

in any Lots. Except as stated in paragraph 7 below, 

neither the Seller, the Company, its officers, agents 

or employees give any representation warranty 

or guarantee or assume any liability of any kind in

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respect of any Lot with regard to merchantability, 

fitness for a particular purpose, description, size, 

quality, condition, attribution, authenticity, rarity, 

importance, medium, provenance, exhibition history, 

literature or historical relevance. Except as required 

by local law any warranty of any kind is excluded by 

this paragraph. 

7. Limited Warranty 

Subject to the terms and conditions of this 

paragraph, the warrants for the period of fourteen 

(14) days from the date of the Sale that any property 

described in this catalogue (noting such description 

may be amended by any Saleroom notice or 

announcement) which is stated without qualification 

to be the work of a named author or authorship is 

authentic and not a forgery. The term “Author” or 

“Authorship” refers to the creator of the property or 

to the period, culture, source, or origin as the case 

may be, with which the creation of such property is 

identified in the catalogue. 

The warranty is subject to the following: 

i) it does not apply where a) the catalogue 

description or Saleroom notice corresponded 

to the generally accepted opinion of scholars 

and experts at the date of the Sale or fairly 

indicated that there was a conflict of opinions, 

or b) correct identification of a Lot can be 

demonstrated only by means of a scientific 

process not generally accepted for use until 

after publication of the catalogue or a process 

which at the date of the publication of the 

catalogue was unreasonably expensive or 

impractical or likely to have caused damage to 

the property. 

ii) 

iii) 

iv) 

the benefits of the warranty are not assignable 

and shall apply only to the original Buyer of the 

Lot as shown on the invoice originally issued by 

Gibson's when the Lot was sold at Auction. 

the original Buyer must have remained the 

owner of the Lot without disposing of any 

interest in it to any third party 

The Buyer’s sole and exclusive remedy against 

the Seller in place of any other remedy which 

might be available, is the cancellation of the 

Sale and the refund of the original purchase 

price paid for the Lot less the Buyer's Premium 

which is non-refundable. Neither the Seller nor 

Gibson's will be liable for any special, incidental 

nor consequential damages including, without 

limitation, loss of profits not for interest. 

v) The Buyer must give written notice of claim 

to us within fourteen (14) days of the date of 

the Auction. The Seller shall have the right, to 

require the Buyer to obtain two written opinions 

by recognised experts in the field, mutually 

acceptable to the Buyer and Gibson's to decide 

whether to cancel the Sale under warranty. 

vi) 

the Buyer must return the Lot to Seller in the 

same condition that it was purchased. 

8. Severability 

If any part of these Conditions of Sale is found by any 

court to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that part 

shall be discounted and the rest of the Conditions 

shall continue to be valid to the fullest extent 

permitted by law. 

9. Copyright 

The copyright of all images, illustrations and written 

material produced by Gibson's relating to a Lot 

including the contents of this catalogue, is and shall 

remain the property at all times of Gibson's and shall 

not be used by the Buyer, nor by anyone else without 

our prior written consent. Gibson's and the Seller 

make no representation or warranty that the Buyer 

of a property will acquire any copyright or other 

reproduction rights in it. 

10. Law and Jurisdiction 

These terms and conditions and any matters 

concerned with the foregoing fall within the exclusive 

jurisdiction of the courts of the state in which the 

Auction is held. 

11. Pre-Sale Estimates 

Gibson's publishes with each catalogue our opinion 

as to the estimated price range for each Lot. These 

estimates are approximate prices only and are not 

intended to be definitive. They are prepared well in 

advance of the Sale and may be subject to revision. 

Interested parties should contact Gibson's prior to 

Auction for updated pre-Sale estimates and starting 

prices. 

12. Sale results 

After the Sale, Gibson's may publish (both verbally 

and in writing) the results of Sale at our discretion, 

including the prices achieved for specific Lots. 

Unless otherwise discussed with the Buyer, details of 

individual Buyers will remain confidential. 

13. Goods and Service Tax 

In accordance with A New Tax System (Goods 

and Services Tax) Act 1999, Gibson's Auctions will 

collect on behalf of the Australian Tax Office (ATO) a 

Goods and Service Tax (GST) of 10% on all applicable 

transactions. 

GST is applicable on the Hammer Price in the case 

where the Seller is selling property that is owned by 

an entity registered for GST. GST is also applicable 

on the Hammer Price in the case where the Seller is 

not an Australian resident. These Lots are denoted 

by a dagger symbol (†) placed next to the estimate. 

GST is also applicable on the Buyer's Premium. 

Overseas Buyers and non-resident Buyers in 

Australia will not be charged GST on both Hammer 

Price and Premiums under the following conditions: 

1. The items are exported through a Gibson's 

approved freight company including Australia 

Post 

2. The items are exported within 60 days of the 

date of the Sale 

The invoice supplied by Gibson's for purchases will 

be regarded as a Tax invoice for GST purposes. 

14. Resale Royalty Scheme 

Under the legal obligations of the Resale Royalty 

Scheme for Visual Artists Act 2009, Sellers must 

provide the following information to comply with 

the act: 

• was the artwork acquired after 8 June 2010? 

• is the Sale/Reserve price (including GST) 

$1,000 or more? 

• is the artist from Australia or a country listed in 

the Regulations to the Act? 

• is the artist alive, or deceased less than 70 years? 

The Seller: 

i) acknowledges that he or she understands his or 

her legal obligations under the Resale Royalty 

for Visual Artists Act 2009 (the Act); 

ii) 

iii) 

iv) 

undertakes to comply with all requirements of 

the Act, including by providing its agent, the 

company, with accurate information sufficient 

for compliance with sections 28 and 29 of the 

Act; 

undertakes to indemnify the Company for any 

loss incurred by the Company as a result of 

the Vendor’s failure to comply with any of the 

Vendor’s legal obligations under the Act; and 

acknowledges that if he or she fails to comply 

with any of his or her legal obligations under 

the Act, the company may provide the vendor’s 

name and contact details to Copyright Agency 

Limited (CAL). 

Lots subject to payment of the Resale Royalty 

Scheme will be denoted by the §. The Australian 

Resale Royalty is a flat rate of 5% on the hammer 

price (including GST). The Australian Resale 

Royalty is payable by the Seller in addition to 

Vendor Commission plus any applicable GST and 

government charges. 

15. Jewels & Watches 

GEMSTONES 

Gemstones have historically been subjected to a 

variety of treatments to enhance their appearance. 

Sapphire and rubies are routinely heat treated to 

improve their colour and clarity, similarly emeralds 

are frequently treated with oils or resin for the 

same purpose. Other treatments such as staining 

or dyeing, irradiation, filling or coating may have 

been used on other precious and semi-precious 

gemstones and organic material. These treatments 

may be permanent, whilst others may need special 

care to reserve their appearance. Buyers should 

assume that each Lot has been subject to some 

form of treatment and that the estimates reflect this. 

A number of laboratories issue certificates that give 

detailed descriptions of gemstones, and in the event 

that Gibson's has been supplied with or obtained 

certificates for any Lot, this shall be noted in the 

catalogue. However, as there may not be consensus 

between different laboratories on the degree, or 

types of treatment of the gemstones, Gibson's 

supplies these without warranty. 

Buyers should assume that all gemstones sold 

by Gibson's may have been subjected to such 

treatments, and that the catalogue estimates 

reflect this. 

PEARLS 

Pearls, like gemstones, are also subject to various 

treatments. Buyers should assume that any pearls 

sold by Gibson's may have been subjected to such 

treatments, and that the catalogue estimates 

reflect this. 

WATCHES 

Please note: All watches sold by Gibson's are sold on 

an “as is” basis. Gibson's makes no representation 

or warranty that any watch is in working order. Many 

watches have been repaired over their lifetime and 

may contain non-original parts. The absence of any 

reference to the condition of a watch does not imply 

that the Lot is in good condition and without defects, 

repairs or restorations. Buyers should be aware that 

a general service, change of battery or further repair 

work, for which the Buyer is solely responsible for, 

may be necessary. 

ESTIMATED WEIGHTS 

If a stone has a known weight, it has been weighed 

out of the mount. If a stone has an estimated weight, 

it is an approximate weight only and has been 

measured by us in the mount and is a statement of 

opinion only. The information is given as a guide only 

and Buyers should satisfy themselves with regard to 

this information as to its accuracy.

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